2016-04-03 How Do Americans, Chinese See the Other?
U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping met this week over international security issues. While they report slow…
2016-04-03 ‘Cyrillic Jihadists’ Bring Discipline to IS in Syria
Russian-speaking militants are the second-largest group of foreigners fighting for the Islamic State militant group. Nearly 5,000 fighters from the…
2016-04-03 How Much Do Illegal Immigrants Pay in Taxes?
The American race for president has put immigration to the top of the national conversation. Some candidates argue that immigrants…
2016-04-02 Saving Wild Areas May Have Unexpected Results
Wild horses, oxen and reindeer are returning to Siberia for the first time in 10,000 years. Their new home is…
2016-04-01 North Korea Jams GPS, Launches Missile
North Korea has jammed GPS signals in South Korea and launched another missile into the Sea of Japan. The action…
2016-04-01 Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Threatened
Australia’s National Coral Bleaching Task force says the country’s Great Barrier Reef is facing the “worst mass bleaching event in…
2016-03-31 Security Summit Focuses on N. Korea, Terror Threat
U.S. President Barack Obama opened his final nuclear security summit in Washington on Thursday, expressing concerns over North Korea’s nuclear…
2016-03-31 Some New Words for VOA’s Word Book
Some big news today here at VOA Learning English. We are adding new words to our 1,500-word Word Book. The…
2016-03-31 Palmyra May Be in Better Condition Than Expected
When the Islamic State militants blew up the Temple of Bel in the ancient city of Palmyra in August 2015,…
2016-03-31 Pakistan Detains More than 200 Suspected Militants
Police and security forces have arrested more than 200 suspected Islamist militants after a suicide bombing in Lahore on Sunday.…
2016-03-30 Fan Gets Close-Up of Ronaldo Penalty Kick
This is What’s Trending Today. Sarah Arcand is from the Canadian province of Ontario. She works as a teacher in…
2016-03-30 North Korea Fires Another Short-Range Missile
South Korea says North Korea fired a short-range missile off its east coast late Tuesday near the North Korean port…
2016-03-30 Fidel Castro Rejects Obama’s Advice
Former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro has rejected President Barack Obama’s efforts to improve relations between the two countries. Castro wrote…
2016-03-29 Widow of Russian Spy Fights for Justice
The widow of a murdered Russian spy continues to try to bring her husband’s killers to justice. Marina Litvinenko is…
2016-03-30 Yazidis Exchanged for IS Prisoners
More than 50 Yazidi women and children were exchanged last week for Islamic State prisoners held by Kurdish forces in…