VOA — The Justice Department has asked a federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump in Washington to step in after Trump released a post online that appeared... Read more »
VOA — Prominent Iranian human rights defender Narges Mohammadi has been sentenced to an additional year in prison by the judiciary. A post on an Instagram account managed by her close associates... Read more »
VOA — A wildfire caused by hot weather briefly flared in grassland around Evin prison in north Tehran, detonating landmines in a security zone around the facility on Friday, Iran’s judiciary said.... Read more »
VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — The U.S. military is considering putting armed personnel on commercial ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, in what would be an unprecedented action aimed... Read more »
VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Iran on Tuesday declared a two-day holiday for government workers and banks nationwide as searing temperatures sweep across the country, state media reported. The decision came after... Read more »
VAP — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Thousands of Marines backed by advanced U.S. fighter jets and warships are slowly building up a presence in the Persian Gulf. It’s a sign that... Read more »
VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Iran’s oil minister said Sunday Tehran would “pursue its rights” to a disputed gas field also claimed by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait if negotiations fail, the ministry’s... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON — A witness in the Republican-led probe of U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden on Monday said the elder Biden spoke multiple times to his son’s associates but... Read more »
VOA — PHOENIX — A historic heat wave that turned the U.S. Southwest into a blast furnace throughout July is beginning to abate with the late arrival of monsoon rains. Forecasters expect... Read more »
VOA — Two major labor unions in Iran are strongly condemning the Revolutionary Court of Tehran’s sentencing of Reyhaneh Ansari-Nejad, a retired worker and dedicated labor activist, to a four-year prison term.... Read more »