It is now 15.30 universal time. And here is the news in special English on the voice of America. This is Sheponew in Washington. The foreign minister of

Palestinian demonstrators have clashed with Israeli troops near Ramallah in the West Bank. The demonstrators were protesting the Israeli blocking of movemen

In Washington President Bush has met with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori at the White House. Mr. Mori said he will take steps to restore Japan's econo

The United States is expelling at least 50 Russian diplomats. American officials say the move is in reaction to the reported spying for the Russians by an a

President Jiang Zeming has urged the United States not to sell modern weapons to Taiwan. Mr. Jiang says he believes China and the United States could work t

Arab leaders have ended their two-day meeting in Amman. The leaders agreed to set up a committee led by King Abdullah of Jordan to try to improve the relati

Serbian police are waiting for orders to continue their efforts to arrest former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic. Top Yugoslav officials say Mr. Milosevic w

President Bush has expressed regrets for the apparent lost of Chinese pilot in the crash Sunday between American and Chinese military planes. The pilot's p

South Korea says it is withdrawing its ambassador to Japan. South Korea is protesting a recently approved Japanese history book for schools that it says do

China has promised to release the crewmembers of the damaged United States military plane. China has held the 24 crewmembers on Hainan Island since April 1st

The administration says President Bush has not yet decided about restarting intelligence gathering flights near china. A white house spokesman says the

The Israeli army has seized some Palestinian controlled parts of the Gaza strip. This followed a major attack on Palestinian security position during the n

Chinese and American diplomats have ended a first day of meeting in Beijing. They discussed the recent crash of an American spy plane and a Chinese figh