VOA — MIAMI — A federal judge Wednesday ordered the Biden administration to end the expedited releases of migrants who enter the United States illegally from Mexico, potentially straining already stretched holding... Read more »
VOA — The United States said Friday it was sending reinforcements to the Gulf after what it called increasing harassment by Iran of ships in the oil-rich waters. “The Department of Defense... Read more »
VOA — QESHM, IRAN — Iranian captain Hassan Rostam has braved the Strait of Hormuz aboard his lenj for four decades but now watches with despair as the wooden ships are being... Read more »
VOA — PARIS — Iran executed seven men Wednesday in two prisons outside Tehran on drug and rape charges, a rights group said, accelerating what activists describe as a hanging spree over... Read more »
VOA — GENEVA — Health agencies warn that viral hepatitis could kill more people by 2040 than HIV, tuberculosis and malaria combined if it remains a neglected disease and efforts to fight... Read more »
VOA — GENEVA — A report by leading United Nations agencies says global progress in reducing maternal and newborn deaths has stalled for nearly a decade largely due to underinvestment in providing... Read more »
VOA — Iranian American Sanaz Toossi won the Pulitzer Prize in drama Monday for her play English. The play takes place in 2008 near Tehran, where four Iranian adults prepare for an... Read more »
VOA — ran’s judiciary announced the executions Monday of two men who were sentenced to death for blasphemy. The judiciary’s Mizan news site identified them as Yousef Mehrad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare.... Read more »
VOA — For the first time, the U.S. government will pay for a large study measuring whether overdoses can be prevented by so-called safe injection sites, places where people can use heroin... Read more »
VOA — The U.S. Census Bureau is contemplating getting rid of a question about a person’s ancestry on its most comprehensive survey, saying it may duplicate a newly revised race question that... Read more »