Coast Guard Gives US New Tool in Disputed South China Sea A rare U.S. Coast Guard exercise in the South China Sea this month shows that the United States is broadening… 05/20/2019 Aimeast
Trump: Fighting the US Will Be ‘Official End of Iran’ Nike Ching at the State Department and Carla Babb at the Pentagon contributed to this report. President Donald Trump has… 05/19/2019 Aimeast
Saudi, UAE See Sufficient Oil Supplies, Rising Stocks Oil supplies were sufficient and stockpiles were still rising despite massive output drops from Iran and Venezuela, said OPEC kingpin… 05/19/2019 Aimeast
US, Bahrain to Host Palestinian Economic Conference Bahrain and the U.S. said Sunday they are hosting a "Peace to Prosperity" conference in late June to promote better… 05/19/2019 Aimeast
As Tensions Rise, US Lawmakers Await Briefings on Iran In word and deed, the administration of President Donald Trump has been sounding the alarm over Iran and its proxies.… 05/19/2019 Aimeast
Iraqi Officials Call Exxon Withdrawal ‘Unacceptable’ Iraq called ExxonMobil's decision to evacuate its staff from the oil-rich country "unacceptable and unjustified" Sunday. Iraq claims the American… 05/19/2019 Aimeast
Egypt: Bomb Targets Tour Bus Near Giza At least 16 people were injured in a blast targeting a bus near Egypt's Giza pyramids Sunday, security sources said.… 05/19/2019 Aimeast
Saudi Arabia to Iran: We Don’t Want War, Will Defend Ourselves Saudi Arabia said Sunday that it wants to avert war in the region but stands ready to respond with “all… 05/19/2019 Aimeast
Fan Votes Lift The Netherlands to Eurovision Song Contest Win The Netherlands won the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv Saturday, with Duncan Laurence’s doleful piano ballad “Arcade” crowned… 05/19/2019 Aimeast
Syrian State Media: Projectiles Fired From Israeli Territory Syrian air defenses targeted projectiles fired from the direction of Israel for the second night in a row, Syrian state media said Saturday. The… 05/18/2019 Aimeast
3 Killed in Suspected IS Attack Outside Libyan Oilfield Two guards and a soldier were killed and four other people were kidnapped early Saturday in a suspected Islamic State attack targeting… 05/18/2019 Aimeast
Exxon Evacuates Foreign Workers From Iraqi Oil Field ExxonMobil has evacuated its foreign workers from an oil field in the southern Iraqi province of Basra amid heightened tensions… 05/18/2019 Aimeast
US Warns Airliners Flying in Persian Gulf Amid Iran Tensions U.S. diplomats warned Saturday that commercial airliners flying over the wider Persian Gulf faced a risk of being "misidentified" amid… 05/18/2019 Aimeast
Iranian Writers Remain Free Pending Appeals This article originated in VOA's Persian service. An international writers association says three Iranian authors apparently sentenced to long prison terms… 05/17/2019 Aimeast
UN Decries Surge in Attacks on Hospitals in Syria’s Idlib The United Nations condemned attacks on health facilities in Syria's northwest Idlib province Friday and warned that a military offensive there by the… 05/17/201905/17/2019 Aimeast
Beijing Readies 2 New Aircraft Carriers The deployment this year of a second aircraft carrier and construction of a third will allow China to position one… 05/15/2019 Aimeast
China Navy Chief Takes Dig at US Freedom of Navigation Patrols Freedom of navigation should not be used to infringe upon the rights of other countries, China's navy chief Shen Jinlong… 04/24/2019 Aimeast
China Wants ‘Tranquillity,’ Says Navy Chief Ahead of New Warships Display China's navy wants maritime "tranquillity and good order," its chief said on Monday, ahead of a parade to mark its… 04/22/2019 Aimeast
How Vietnam Quietly Built up 10 Islands in Asia’s Most Disputed Sea Both China and Vietnam are building up tiny islets across Asia’s most disputed sea, but while China receives international criticism… 04/19/2019 Aimeast
Philippines Edges Back into US Alliance as New Friend China Stirs Anger The Philippines is edging further back into a once strained alliance with the United States as China, a friend of… 04/15/2019 Aimeast