VOA – CLEVELAND – Efforts to settle thousands of lawsuits related to the nation’s opioid epidemic intensified Wednesday ahead of the scheduled start of arguments in the first federal trial over the... Read more »

VOA – TEHRAN, IRAN – Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard says it has arrested an exiled journalist who helped fan the flames of nationwide economic protests that struck the country at the end... Read more »

VOA – TEHRAN, IRAN – Two rockets struck an Iranian tanker traveling through the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia on Friday, Iranian officials said, the latest incident in the... Read more »

VOA – BOSTON – A federal judge upheld Massachusetts’ four-month ban on the sale of vaping products Friday, at least for now. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani denied the vaping industry’s request... Read more »

VOA – TEHRAN, IRAN – The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Monday that destroying arch-rival Israel has become an “achievable goal” thanks to his country’s technological advances. “This sinister regime must... Read more »

VOA – The universal hand gesture that signifies everything is OK is now a hate symbol used by white supremacists and other far-right extremists. The Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish civil rights group,... Read more »

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – The British-flagged Stena Impero tanker sailed out of Iranian waters on Friday, the owner said, after it was detained in July during a row with Britain that... Read more »

UNITED NATIONS – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told world leaders Wednesday that there would be no negotiations with the U.S. as long as economic sanctions remained in effect. “We once negotiated under sanctions. We... Read more »

  VOA – Trump told reporters as he arrived at the United Nations that he is not taking such threats “at all seriously.”  He also again said he discussed what he called ... Read more »