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White House: Obama Unlikely to Sign ‘Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act’

By Aru Pande | VOA News on Apr 19, 2016   Featured, National  

White House: Obama Unlikely to Sign ‘Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act’

WHITE HOUSE—Despite calls from victims’ families, the White House says President Barack Obama likely would not sign legislation that could allow countries like Saudi Arabia to be sued for any role officials may have played in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. “The whole notion of sovereign immunity is at stake. And […]

White House Urges Muslims to Counter Extremist Message

By Aru Pande | VOA News on Dec 8, 2015   Featured, National  

White House Urges Muslims to Counter Extremist Message

WHITE HOUSE—A day after U.S. President Barack Obama said the fight against the Islamic State militant group should not be defined as one between America and Islam, the White House is reinforcing that message, while urging Muslim-Americans in the United States to do their part. “We would like to see leaders in the Muslim community stand […]

Obama Slows US Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan

By Aru Pande | VOA News on Oct 15, 2015   Featured, National  

Obama Slows US Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan

WHITE HOUSE—For an American president who came into office with a promise to end U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the announcement to slow the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan was likely not an easy one. “I do not support the idea of endless war,” President Barack Obama said. “I repeatedly argued against marching into […]

Georgia Executes First Female Convict in Seventy Years

By Aru Pande | VOA News on Sep 30, 2015   Featured, National  

Georgia Executes First Female Convict in Seventy Years

A woman convicted for the 1997 murder of her husband has been executed in the southeastern U.S. state of Georgia, despite a flurry of last-minute legal maneuvers and a personal appeal by Pope Francis to spare her life. Kelly Gissendaner died by lethal injection early Wednesday morning at prison facility outside the capital city, Atlanta.  […]

Obama Highlights US-led Diplomatic Efforts at UN

By Aru Pande | VOA News on Sep 28, 2015   Featured, National  

Obama Highlights US-led Diplomatic Efforts at UN

UNITED NATIONS—President Barack Obama is making the case for diplomacy and collective action – highlighting U.S.-led efforts in the Middle East – as he addresses the United Nations General Assembly on Monday. A White House official said Obama will point to the recently completed nuclear deal between the P5+1 and Iran as an example of […]

Native Americans Work to Save Language

By Aru Pande | VOA News on Nov 28, 2014   Featured, National  

Native Americans Work to Save Language

FORT YATES, NORTH DAKOTA—One evening a week, young and old gather in Michael Moore’s classroom in Fort Yates, North Dakota, to learn Lakota — the language of their Sioux tribal ancestors. For many of the students here at Sitting Bull College, it’s a tongue their great grandparents spoke fluently at home. But that changed in […]

Death Penalty for Four Convicted in India Gang Rape

By Aru Pande | VOA News on Sep 13, 2013   World  

NEW DELHI — In the Indian capital, a judge has sentenced four men to death in connection with the brutal gang rape and murder of a young woman late last year.

Four Defendants Found Guilty in India Gang Rape

By Aru Pande | VOA News on Sep 10, 2013   World  

NEW DELHI — A fast-track court in the Indian capital has found four men guilty in last year’s brutal gang rape and killing of a young woman that rocked the country and sparked massive demonstrations.



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