(VOVworld) – On Tuesday lawmakers in the Tripoli-based General National Congress (GNC) voted to sack its Prime Minister Omar al-Hassi
(VOVworld) – 9,000 polling stations opened Sunday for presidential election in Uzbekistan. According to Uzbekistan’s central election commission, 21 million voters were eligible to cast their ballots in 14...
(VOVworld) - Heiner Beilefeldt, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion and belief, presented to the 28th session of the UN Human Rights Council the main findings of his visit to Vietnam from July...
(VOVworld) – Iraqi forces have recaptured Tikrit city from the self-proclaimed Islamic State with the support of Sunni and Shiite militiamen
(VOVworld)- Iraqi soldiers and Shiite militiamen conducted a major attack Tuesday on the outskirts of the Islamic State-held city of Tikrit, capital of Salahudin province in eastern Iraq
(VOVworld) - This week we received an interesting guest from Russia. He is Maxim Kochergin, a listener to VOV in Russian and English. Maxim is a broadcaster on a radio channel specializing in traffic information in...
(VOVworld) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Monday that Iraq's army and Shiite militia have launched an offensive against Islamic State (IS) in Salahuddin province, a stronghold...
(VOVworld) - Police in the north German city of Bremen have increased their presence to protect the Jewish community from heightened danger from Islamist militants
(VOVworld) - Happy New Year, dear listeners. We’re very glad to be back on the Letter Box segment after one week off for the lunar New Year holiday. We wish you a year...
(VOVworld) – On Wednesday Austria’s parliament approved a controversial bill that curbs Muslim extremism and protects Austrian Muslims’ rights
(VOVworld) - Growing terrorism has triggered expanding anti-terrorism efforts. But defeating terrorism is a long-term project which will require the cooperation of many countries
(VOVworld) – Consecutive shootings in the Danish capital of Copenhagen over the past two days have caused concerns about a similar scenario of terrorist attacks across Europe
(VOVworld) – The self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) poses a huge threat to the globe, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during an interview with the Egyptian state newspaper Al-Ahram on...
(VOVworld) – A large-scale ground offensive against Islamic State (IS) jihadists will be launched in the weeks ahead, John Allen, the US coordinator for the anti-IS coalition told Jordan...
A: First on our show today, we’d like to thank you all for your regular feedback to our broadcasts. As shortwave broadcasting is fading out amidst the explosion of digital...
(VOVworld) – The Islamic State posted a video online Tuesday purportedly showing captured Jordanian pilot Maaz al-Kassasbeh being burned alive
(VOVworld) - Kurdish ground forces with air support from the US and its allies have retaken the Syrian town of Kobane from Islamic State militants, said US Lieutenant-General James Terry...
(VOVworld) – US President Barack Obama met with new Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Tuesday to discuss joint efforts against the Islamic State
(VOVworld) – The US Embassy in Sana'a, Yemen has a very limited ability to assist with emergency cases involving US citizens and will not offer routine consular services, the US...
(VOVworld) – Thousands of Muslims took to the streets on Friday to protest satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s recent caricature of Prophet Mohammed. Demonstrations were held in the Pakistani cities of Karachi...