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Zimbabweans Linked to Illegal Lion Hunt Appear in Courtby webdesk@voanews.com (Associated Press)
Two Zimbabweans arrested for illegally hunting a protected lion named Cecil were in court on Wednesday as anger at the kill by an American dentist escalated. "If, as has been reported, this dentist and his guides lured Cecil out of the park with food so as to shoot him on private property ... he needs to be extradited, charged, and, preferably, hanged," People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said in a statement Wednesday. The statement, emailed to The Associated Press,...
'New York' Magazine Features 35 Cosby Accusersby webdesk@voanews.com (Zlatica Hoke)
The latest issue of New York magazine features 35 women who say they were drugged and raped by film and television celebrity Bill Cosby. The women are aged from 44 to 80 and come from different walks of life and races. The magazine interviewed each of them separately, but their stories are similar. Over the last year, numerous women - including those featured in New York magazine - have come forward to tell their stories of being drugged and raped by Bill Cosby. On the streets of...
Benghazi Plunges Into Darkness as Fighting Hits Power Plantsby webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)
Libya's eastern city of Benghazi has been plunged into darkness as clashes between pro-government forces and Islamist fighters have knocked out three of five power stations serving the city, the country's second largest, officials said on Monday. Power has been off for 16 hours a day in the port city where forces loyal to the official government based in the east have been fighting Islamist groups for 15 months in a battle that has turned parts of Benghazi into ruins. A...
Turkey, US Try to Establish Buffer Despite Differencesby webdesk@voanews.com (Jamie Dettmer)
Turkey says it has secured an agreement with the Obama administration to jointly secure a zone in a small part of northern Syria. But while U.S. officials are confirming the outlines of the deal, discrepancies in how Washington and Ankara view the buffer suggests the accord is not complete. The zone's proposed area would extend along a 68-mile stretch of the Turkish border and reach 40 miles into Syrian territory, west of the Euphrates River, and into the province of Aleppo, say...
NSA to Soon Stop Examining Phone Recordsby webdesk@voanews.com (Associated Press)
The Obama administration has decided that the National Security Agency will soon stop examining, and will ultimately destroy, millions of Americans' calling records it collected under a controversial program leaked by former agency contractor Edward Snowden. When Congress passed a law in June ending the NSA's bulk collection of Americans' calling records after a six-month transition, officials said they weren't sure whether they would continue to make use of the...
Syrian Kurds: Turkey Continuing PKK Strikesby webdesk@voanews.com (Dorian Jones)
Syrian Kurdish forces of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) that are fighting Islamic State militants say Turkish tanks continued shelled villages under their control late Sunday, saying the attacks occurred west of the Syrian town of Kobani. A Turkish Foreign Ministry statement denied the attacks. Turkish political columnist Semih Idiz says if true, the situation is damaging for Ankara. "It would be dire because the Syrian Kurds are currently allies to Turkey’s Western...
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More Bodies Found in Rubble of Bombed Mogadishu Hotelby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
The death toll is up to 18 following Sunday's bombing of the Jazeera Palace Hotel in Mogadishu by militant group al-Shabab. Five more deaths were reported Monday, including that of a Chinese embassy staff member who was injured in the powerful truck bomb blast. Ambulance services said searchers also pulled four bodies from the rubble of the partially destroyed hotel. The hotel hosts the Chinese and Egyptian embassies in Somalia and is a popular spot for lawmakers and reporters....
Underground Streetcar Station In Washington, DC, to Become Arts Venue by webdesk@voanews.com (Roman Mamonov)
Abandoned more than 50 years ago, the underground streetcar station in Washington D.C’s historic DuPont Circle district is about to be reborn. The plan calls for turning the spacious underground platforms - once meant to be a transportation hub, - into a unique space for art exhibitions, presentations, concerts and even a film set. Roman Mamonov has more from beneath the streets of the U.S. capital. Joy Wagner narrates his report.
China Slams Obama's Africa Tripby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
China’s state media are disparaging U.S. President Barack Obama’s travels in Africa as motivated by concern over Beijing’s broadening clout on the continent, a critique the White House discounts. The United States "obviously lacks a consistent Africa policy" and sees China as a rival for influence and economic opportunities "instead of another constructive power to bring welfare to the land," opinion reporter Liu Zhun wrote in an op-ed published Monday in the...
Russian Help on Iran Less Promising on Syria, Ukraineby webdesk@voanews.com (Daniel Schearf)
U.S.-Russian collaboration to secure a deal on Iran's nuclear program has raised hopes of closer cooperation on other world issues, but analysts say any progress is likely to be slow in coming. A Kremlin statement issued shortly after the July 14 nuclear deal said Presidents Obama and Vladimir Putin had agreed in a telephone conversation to work together on "certain other current international matters, including countering international terrorism." The White House, for...
North Korea: 'No Interest at All' in Nuke Dealby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
A top North Korean diplomat says his country's nuclear weapons program is not up for discussion, insisting Pyongyang's situation is "totally different" from that of Iran. North Korea's ambassador to China, Ji Jae Ryong said Tuesday the North does not have "any interest at all in dialogue for unilaterally freezing or giving up our nukes." "The situation of the DPRK is totally different to that of Iran. We are a nuclear state, both in name and...
NATO Chief Backs Turkey's 'Anti-Terror' Campaign in Syria, Iraq by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
NATO held an unusual emergency meeting Tuesday to support Turkey, whose President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his forces are pressing their campaign against Islamic State militants and Kurdish rebels in Syria and Iraq. "No steps back will be taken in our fight against terrorism," Erdogan said at a news conference in Ankara. "This ... will continue with the same determination." Even before NATO's closed-door session began in Brussels, the alliance's...
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Russian Human Rights NGO Folds Its Work, Goes Undergroundby webdesk@voanews.com (Associated Press)
A prominent Russian human rights group's leader says the organization is closing its operations because of a repressive law, but it has come up with a plan to continue its work. Russian law requires non-governmental organizations that receive funding from abroad to register as "foreign agents." Igor Kolyapin, head of the Committee Against Torture, told reporters Tuesday the organization will be "liquidated" this week after the Justice Ministry listed the group...
Florida Family Finds $1M in Treasure From Sunken Spanish Armada by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)
A Florida family who has hunted treasure for years found more than $1 million worth of gold artifacts this summer from the wreckage of a 1715 Spanish fleet that sank in the Atlantic, according to a salvage company’s estimate. The find included 51 gold coins of various denominations and 40 feet (12 meters) of ornate gold chain, said Brent Brisben, whose company, 1715 Fleet – Queens Jewels LLC, owns the rights to the wreckage. The Schmitt family, parents Rick and Lisa and their two...
US House Benghazi Panel Says State Dept. to Hand Over Documents by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)
The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the 2012 attacks on an American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, said the State Department has pledged to hand over 5,000 new pages of documents related to the incident on Tuesday. "The State Department has informed the Committee it will make a production of approximately 5,000 pages tomorrow - the second largest production the Committee has received and the largest since last summer," Republican Representative...
Putin: Blatter Deserves Nobel Prizeby webdesk@voanews.com (Associated Press)
Vladimir Putin and Sepp Blatter just can't stop praising each other. The Russian president, speaking with Swiss TV on Monday, said the embattled head of FIFA deserves a Nobel Prize for his work. Two days after Putin and Blatter hosted the preliminary draw for the 2018 World Cup, Putin said "people like Blatter... deserve special recognition.'' Blatter had opened the draw ceremony Saturday — held at a palace in St. Petersburg that is an official...
Russia Names US NGO 'Undesirable'by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
Russian prosecutors Tuesday designated the National Endowment for Democracy, a Washington-based non-profit group funded by the U.S. Congress, as "undesirable" -- making it the first foreignNGO to be banned in Russia under a controversial new law. In a statement posted on its website, the Prosecutor General's office alleged that the NED, using Russian businesses and non-commercial organizations under its control, participated in activities to delegitimize the outcome of...
US Lawmakers Weigh Turkish Anti-Terror Movesby webdesk@voanews.com (Michael Bowman)
Turkey’s two-pronged campaign against Islamic State (IS) militants and Kurdish PKK forces is provoking mixed reactions from U.S. lawmakers. Both a more assertive Turkish role against IS and, more particularly, Turkish permission for the United States to use Incirlik air base for airstrikes on IS targets, are welcomed by Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill. “Strategically, [Incirlik] is very well located,” Senator Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) told VOA. “During most of the Gulf War and...
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NATO expressed strong solidarity Tuesday with member-state Turkey against what the alliance calls terrorism in all its forms. But reaction in Turkey to its twin offensive against Islamic State and Kurdish PKK forces is mixed. VOA Turkish service reporter Tan Cetin in Karkamis, Turkey, and Ahmad Zebari in Sergeli, Iraq have more, in this report narrated by Bill Rodgers.
Russia Accused of Abusing Interpol to Pursue Opponentsby webdesk@voanews.com (Henry Ridgwell)
A British pro-democracy group has accused Russia of abusing the global law enforcement agency Interpol by requesting the arrest and extradition of political opponents. A new report by the group notes such requests can mean the accused are unable to travel and are often unable to open bank accounts. VOA's Henry Ridgwell reports.
More Migrants Attempt to Enter Eurotunnelby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
Authorities in the northern French port city of Calais say they have counted another 1,500 migrants who have tried to enter the Eurotunnel in hopes of reaching Britain -- and have found the body of at least one who failed at the attempt. French police said Wednesday that 1,500 would-be migrants tried to enter the Eurotunnel site in Calais overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, after police late Monday pushed back more than 2,000 migrants. The person who died is reported by France Info...
Another set of U.S. lawmakers get their chance to question and hear testimony from senior officials Wednesday as they continue to evaluate the international nuclear agreement with Iran. Secretary of State John Kerry, Defense Secretary Ash Carter, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey are all set to appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee. The session is due to focus on how the deal affects "U.S. interests and...
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