VOA — TEHRAN — The head of Iran’s athletics federation resigned Sunday over a sporting event featuring women without the mandatory headscarf, state media reported, as the Islamic republic toughens enforcement of... Read more »
VOA — In the wake of three of the biggest bank failures in U.S. history over the past two months, Americans are increasingly jittery about the safety of their money, worried about... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON — Recent attacks on mosques in Minneapolis, in the Midwest U.S. state of Minnesota, have increased concerns by Somali American imams, mosque administrators and community activists about the safety... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON / PARIS / DUBAI — Even as the United States and its European allies grapple with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rising tensions with China, the smoldering crisis over... Read more »
VOA — GENEVA — The World Health Organization has declared the COVID-19 pandemic to be over as a global health emergency. “However, that does not mean COVID-19 is over as a global... Read more »
VOA — LONDON — A panel of global health experts will meet Thursday to decide if COVID-19 is still an emergency under the World Health Organization’s rules, a status that helps maintain... Read more »
VOA — ATHENS — Israel’s defense minister said Thursday that Iran could have enough enriched uranium for five nuclear weapons and warned Tehran that proceeding to weapons-grade enrichment could “ignite the region.”... Read more »
VOA — The Federal Reserve, the U.S. central bank, raised its benchmark interest rate by another quarter percentage point on Wednesday but signaled that it could pause further increases as it watches... Read more »
VOA — UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations announced on Tuesday night that its premier prize for press freedom has been awarded to three imprisoned Iranian female journalists “for their commitment to... Read more »
VOA — DUBAI — Wary of reigniting Iran’s worst political turmoil in years, the country’s rulers are resorting to new, less obtrusive tactics to punish women who refuse to wear the obligatory... Read more »