World must face new reality of Covid-19 together, France’s Macron tells UN

RFI — French President Emmanuel Macron urged the world nations to work together against Covid-19 and not be dominated by a China-US rivalry in his address to the annual United Nations General... Read more »

US Voting Systems ‘Being Targeted’ as Presidential Election Nears

VOA — Increased security measures are not stopping cyber operatives from looking for ways to break into critical U.S. voting systems, according to officials charged with safeguarding the nation’s Nov. 3 presidential... Read more »

Iranian-German movie ‘Bandar Band’ sends message of hope

DW — Iranian director Manijeh Hekmat expected the production of her latest movie to go ahead as planned — but then she found herself having to improvise. The resulting film is more... Read more »

US-Iran relations and upcoming presidential elections

DW — US President Donald Trump, unlike his opponent Joe Biden, continues to place pressure on Tehran. Observers are not ruling out a ‘deal’ or bilateral talks in the event he wins... Read more »

Iran hits back at US ‘snapback’ sanctions claim

DW — President Rouhani said its arch-rival faces “maximum isolation” after major powers dismissed a US declaration that UN sanctions on Iran were back in force. Washington plans to hit its foe... Read more »

Iran: US declares unilateral return of UN sanctions

DW — Washington said the arms embargo against Iran was permanently extended and the US would take action against UN members that didn’t comply with the sanctions. European nations called the move... Read more »

US ‘Snaps Back’ UN Sanctions on Iran

VOA — The United States is returning virtually all the U.N. sanctions on Iran, including an arms embargo, according to a Saturday night statement by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Calling Iran... Read more »

Trump pledges to name Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s successor next week

DW — US President Donald Trump drew the ire of Democrats on Saturday by announcing that he intended to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Friday,“without delay.” “We were put... Read more »

UK, France, Germany oppose US deadline to reimpose sanctions on Iran

DW — A trio of European countries opposed the September 20 deadline set by the US to reimpose sanctions on Iran. They said any decision to reimpose the measures would not be... Read more »

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies at 87

VOA — Longtime Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, only the second woman to serve on the court, died Friday from complications with cancer. Ginsburg, a stalwart liberal and champion of women’s... Read more »