VOA — Montana statehouse Republicans on Wednesday silenced Democratic transgender legislator Zooey Zephyr from floor debates for breaking decorum after she said lawmakers who backed a ban on gender-affirming health care for... Read more »
VOA — Iranian authorities have been shutting down a large number of shops and businesses around the country they say are not observing the mandatory hijab law. According to reports from Iran,... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will not testify at an upcoming Senate Judiciary Committee hearing expected to focus on judicial ethics, he said in a letter... Read more »
VOA — A bill that would outlaw caste discrimination in California has cleared its first big legislative hurdle. On Tuesday, the state’s Senate Judiciary Committee voted in favor of the legislation, sending... Read more »
VOA — STOCKHOLM — Global military spending grew for the eighth consecutive year in 2022 to an all-time high of $2.24 trillion, with a sharp rise in Europe, chiefly due to Russian... Read more »
VOA — The U.S. on Monday sanctioned four senior Iranian officials it said were responsible for the “brutal suppression” of protests that erupted last year against Tehran’s morality police for the arrest... Read more »
VOA — Workers in Iran’s oil industry are continuing a strike over inadequate wage growth in several cities across the country, according to reports and videos sent to VOA. Following the increase... Read more »
VOA — An Iranian city prosecutor has announced an agreement between the judiciary, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and the so-called morality police to form a special force to deal with women who... Read more »
VOA — Iranian navy commander Shahram Irani told state television on Thursday that Iran’s navy forced a U.S. submarine to surface as it entered the Persian Gulf, but the United States Navy’s... Read more »
VOA — A Sunni imam said Friday during an Eid al-Fitr sermon in Zahedan, Iran, that people have a right to protest and the government should listen to their demands. In an... Read more »