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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he feels the United States is getting a raw deal from the framework of international alliances forged after World War II, including the Geneva Conventions, which he says make U.S. troops "afraid" to fight. He vows to make major changes if elected, but some experts say his proposals would amount to a "revolution" in U.S. foreign policy. VOA's Cindy Saine reports from Washington.
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Meet the famous YouTubers Roman Atwood, Dennis Roady and Vitaly Zdorovetskiy. They have been partners in crime - in pranks that were so funny they were criminal - since before YouTube careers really existed. They set up hidden cameras and recorded funny and extreme jokes they played on random people. Sama Dizayee tells us more.
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There is growing concern about media freedom in Turkey. National and international attention is focused on the case of Erdem Gul and Can Dundar of Turkey’s Cumhuriyet newspaper. They face two consecutive life sentences plus 30 years in jail for publishing a story accusing the government of being behind arms shipments to Syrian jihadists. VOA's Dorian Jones reports.
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Forty years ago, Apple Computer was two guys in a Silicon Valley garage. Today, it's one of the world's largest publicly traded companies. The impact that founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak would have was unimaginable when the company was created on April 1, 1976. Another Steve, VOA's Steve Baragona, goes back to the beginning in California's Silicon Valley.
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Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump finds himself under fire for comments he made about abortion and over his defense of his top campaign aide charged with battery. As VOA National correspondent Jim Malone reports, Trump’s difficulties come at a crucial time in the Republican primary contest.
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The threat of cyberattacks on nuclear facilities is substantial and growing, according to a report this week by a prominent nuclear industry group. Experts meeting in Washington say the attackers are getting more skillful and dangerous, meaning companies, governments and regulators must make cyber security a priority. As VOA's Jim Randle reports, experts are reacting to a flurry of cyberattacks against major industrial targets in Ukraine, Germany, Iran and South Korea.
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Amnesty International says migrant workers building one of the main stadiums in Qatar for the 2022 World Cup are effectively being held in forced labor. The group contends the migrants face systematic abuses at the hands of employers. VOA's Henry Ridgwell reports from London.
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Colombia native Tony Acosta is in the business of manufacturing guitar strings. After saving up enough money to open his own shop in Manhattan, he became a household name to some of the world's most renowned classical and flamenco guitarists — including the late Paco de Lucía. But like many stories of the "American dream," Acosta's required hard work, and a zeal for maintaining the finest products on the market. Ramon Taylor has more.
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Directly north of Mosul and face to face with Islamic State is a tiny pocket of bombed and abandoned Christian villages. But there is one village that is still occupied. VOA's Sharon Behn spoke with a small but determined group of armed Christian fighters defending the rapidly dwindling Christian areas of Iraq - and the two Americans helping them.
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The U.S. is preparing for the mosquito season and for possible outbreaks of the Zika virus. VOA's Carol Pearson reports the states along the U.S. southern coast have a lot in common with countries in Latin America and the Caribbean — a population that has never been exposed to the virus, and large numbers of the mosquito that can carry it.
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Two bald eagles recently hatched out of their shells and into the hearts of millions of people who watched their arrival in real time via the Internet, thanks to a pair of high-definition cameras that had been installed near their nest at Washington's National Arboretum. The heartwarming images provided - and continue to provide - a rare (and addictive!) glimpse into a wild place most people would never normally see.
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Eating insects became popular in Cambodia during decades of civil war when starving refugees ate them to stay alive. Things have now improved for insect hunters in the region as they can sell insects at very good price. Bugs Cafe in Siem Reap is getting popular among tourists for its fusion of French and Cambodian cuisine using local ingredients and a wide variety of insects such as crickets, grasshoppers, spiders, ants and tarantulas.