Fasting of Ramadan (the 9th month of the Islamic lunar calendar) is one of the five pillars of Islam

While the debate over health care reform rages on in the United States, many people and families are struggling to pay for their medical needs.  Some attention has been given to the nearly 50 million uninsured in America, but those who have been insured all their lives also struggle.This is the story of the Lemaire family, which has been hit hard by the misfortunes of bad health and rising medical bills.  Sandra spends hours every day helping her ailing parents after working full shifts for the English webdesk of the …

The U.S. has been pushing Israel to commit to a settlement freeze to facilitate Arab concessions in the on-and-off Middle East peace process

Scientists are racing against the N1H1 virus in a bid to have a vaccine ready by mid-October, before the start of the flu season in early winter

Most of us tend to remember where we were and exactly what we were doing when news broke that would change the world as we knew it.I well remember preparing to go to work at VOA as the tragic events of 9/11 were unfolding…and the near-impossible-to-comprehend enormity of what had happened in lower Manhattan. I was standing in front of the mirror shaving. On the TV, Katie Couric on NBC’s “Today” was speaking to Pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski regarding the military implications of what had by then been determined to …