Lockdown Tensions Grow As People Seek to Resume Work or Play

VOA – WASHINGTON – The coronavirus is touching all levels of society and increasing tensions as governments start to ease restrictions that health experts warn should be done gradually to avoid a... Read more »

Relatives of Jailed Iranian Activists Anguished by Virus Risk in Prison Visits

VOA – Iranian dissidents say the government’s refusal to temporarily release detained activists exposed to the coronavirus in crowded jails has anguished relatives seeking to visit those prisoners. Two male dissidents who... Read more »

Iran Parliament: Virus Deaths Nearly Double Reported Figures

VOA – TEHRAN, IRAN – The death toll in Iran from the coronavirus pandemic is likely nearly double the officially reported figures, due to undercounting and because not everyone with breathing problems... Read more »

Trump Walks Back Claim of ‘Absolute’ Authority Over States

VOA -vWASHINGTON – Facing intense criticism, U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday walked back earlier comments suggesting he has total authority to reopen the economy from the coronavirus crisis.  In comments to White... Read more »

Fauci Comments on US Virus Response Seem to Draw Trump’s Ire

VOA – WASHINGTON – Social restrictions aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus could have saved lives if they’d been started earlier, and when they’re eased new cases are certain to... Read more »

US Now Leads World in Coronavirus Deaths

VOA – The United States became the world leader in coronavirus deaths Saturday, a grim indicator of the country’s status as the global epicenter of the pandemic. As of Saturday afternoon, the... Read more »

گزارش سالانه کمپین فعالین بلوچ: نقض گسترده حقوق بشر در مناطق بلوچ‌نشین ایران

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In Global Life-Death Struggle, Democracy Changes Course

VOA – Outside wartime nothing like it as ever been seen before in modern Western history. The lockdowns by democratic states with their draconian constraints on civil liberties and private enterprise fly... Read more »

‘Calling All Scientists’: Experts Volunteer for Virus Fight

VOA – NEW YORK – Michael Wells was looking for a chance to use his scientific training to help fight the coronavirus when — on the same day the pandemic forced his... Read more »

To Mask or Not to Mask? In COVID-19, That Is the Question

VOA – WASHINGTON – Experts seem to agree: If you are not a health care worker, do not buy  N95 masks, long considered the Cadillac of protective masks.They will not help you... Read more »