VOA — WASHINGTON – A key group of lawmakers is warning that the U.S. Congress may be the target of a campaign by foreign actors to interfere in the upcoming presidential election. ... Read more »
DW — The rare decision followed a wave of online protest, with over 10 million retweeting the hashtag #StopExecutionsinIran. The accused’s lawyers said in a statement that they were “hopeful” the verdict... Read more »
VOA — Iranian health officials sought on Sunday to play down the president’s estimate that some 25 million people have been infected with the coronavirus, saying it was based on serological blood... Read more »
VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Police dispersed protesters in southwestern Iran angry over the Islamic Republic’s anemic economy amid a U.S. sanctions campaign, a news report Friday said, and internet... Read more »
VOA — NEW YORK – Actor and activist Angelina Jolie urged the U.N. Security Council on Friday to fulfill its promise to hold to account perpetrators of sexual violence against children in... Read more »
DW — After three young protesters were given the death penalty, Iranians took to the streets and social media with the hashtag #Don’tExecute. One journalist said her “innocent” brother was sent to... Read more »
BBC — US President Donald Trump has vowed not to order Americans to wear masks to contain the spread of coronavirus. His comments came after the country’s top infectious disease expert, Dr... Read more »
VOA — HAMPTON, VIRGINIA - In late August 1619, an English pirate ship named the White Lion sailed into the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and ... deposited, according to handwritten records,... Read more »
VOA — The upcoming expiration of an international arms embargo on Iran has left the United States and its allies in the Middle East uneasy, fearing that the seemingly unavoidable outcome in... Read more »
BBC — Iran’s judiciary has suggested it might halt the executions of three young men convicted in connection with November’s mass anti-government protests, following a social media campaign. The Persian hashtag #do_not_execute... Read more »