EU Foreign-Policy Chief to Visit Iran

VOA – The European Union’s top diplomat is expected to visit Tehran on February 3, Iran’s Foreign Ministry has said. EU foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell will meet Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif... Read more »

New Tech Could Make Coronavirus Vaccine in Record Time

VOA – A vaccine against the new Wuhan coronavirus may start testing in as little as three months, according to National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci.That’s fast. It... Read more »

Postal Workers Union With 200,000 Members Endorses Sanders

VOA – DES MOINES, IOWA – Bernie Sanders was endorsed Thursday by the 200,000-member American Postal Workers Union, an influential group that also backed the Vermont senator’s presidential bid against Hillary Clinton... Read more »

China Reports Nearly 10,000 Coronavirus Cases

VOA – China says it has nearly 10,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus. The virus has caused 213 deaths in China where it emerged late last year. The World Health Organization... Read more »

White House Objects to Bolton Book, Says It Can’t Be Published in Current Form

VOA – WASHINGTON – The White House on Wednesday objected to the publication of a book written by former White House national security adviser John Bolton that depicts President Donald Trump as having played a central role in a pressure campaign on... Read more »

Trump Impeachment Trial Turns Into Debate Over Bolton Testimony

VOA – WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump‘s impeachment trial quickly turned into a debate Wednesday over whether his former national security adviser John Bolton should be called as a witness. “There’s... Read more »

Trump’s Lawyers to Wrap Up Defense in Impeachment Trial

WASHINGTON – Lawyers for U.S. President Donald Trump wrap up their presentation in his Senate impeachment trial Tuesday while the question of whether witnesses will be allowed during the proceedings looms. The... Read more »

Rocket Attack Hits Baghdad’s Green Zone

VOA – The U.S. State Department says it is aware of reports of rockets landing Sunday in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, and called on the Iraqi government to “fulfill its obligations to... Read more »

Did Tweets Help Deescalate Recent US-Iran Tensions?

VOA – WASHINGTON – Minutes after Iran launched a barrage of ballistic missiles against U.S. forces in Iraq earlier this month, its foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, came out with a tweet,... Read more »

Trump: US Will not Lift Sanctions to Negotiate with Iran

VOS  – DUBAI – The United States will not lift sanctions on Iran in order to negotiate, U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted late on Saturday, seemingly in response to a Der Spiegel... Read more »