Burundian President urges coup investigation

Burundian President urges coup investigation

(VOVworld) – Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza has urged security agencies to investigate attacks on radio stations during a failed coup plot staged last week against his government. He said on...
 US Senate hearing on normalization with Cuba

US Senate hearing on normalization with Cuba

(VOVworld)- The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday conducted a hearing on the new approach that the Obama administration is pursuing in regard to its relations with Cuba
The UN different in the ceasefire in Yemen

The UN different in the ceasefire in Yemen

(VOVworld) - The UN Security Council failed Friday to back a Russian appeal for an immediate ceasefire or humanitarian pauses in war-torn Yemen, where critical fuel shortages threatened relief efforts...
TPP: Obama is given fast track trade authority

TPP: Obama is given fast track trade authority

(VOVworld) - In a move to push the finalization of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, the US House Committee on Ways and Means on Thursday passed the bill on Trade Promotion Authority (TPA)...
Greece on the verge of bankruptcy

Greece on the verge of bankruptcy

(VOVworld)- Greece’s central government has run out of money to pay debts now falling due. Meanwhile, negotiations for an aid package from the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank...
OSCE reports truce violations in Ukraine

OSCE reports truce violations in Ukraine

(VOVworld) – Clashes between the Ukrainian army and separatists in eastern Ukraine occurred despite a truce signed on February 12, according to a report released Monday by the Organization for Security and Cooperation...
Greece meets April IMF payment

Greece meets April IMF payment

(VOVworld) – On Thursday Greece made a 495 million USD loan payment to the IMF, on scheduled according to a recent commitment
Iran nuclear talks: no turning back

Iran nuclear talks: no turning back

(VOVworld) – March 31 is the deadline for the West and Iran to reach a framework agreement on Iran’s nuclear program. Negotiators from the P5+1 (the US, UK, France, Russia, China,...
EU Summit: Split due to Ukraine’s crisis

EU Summit: Split due to Ukraine’s crisis

(VOVworld)- Opened on Thursday in Brussels, the EU Summit focused on ways to deal with the escalation of tension in Ukraine, the extension of sanctions against Russia and military aid to...
Russia and Ukraine to hold new gas talks

Russia and Ukraine to hold new gas talks

(VOVworld) - A fresh round of talks brokered by the European Union with the aim of settling a gas dispute between Moscow and Kiev is scheduled to take place in Brussels on...
Iraqi divide interferes anti-IS coalition

Iraqi divide interferes anti-IS coalition

(VOVworld) - Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey arrived in Iraq on Monday to discuss military cooperation and the fight against Islamic State (IS)
Escalating tension in Russia-EU relations

Escalating tension in Russia-EU relations

(VOVworld) – While Russia and the West seek a solution to the Ukrainian crisis, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker has called for the creation of an EU army, igniting...