US Seizes Shipment of Iranian-made Weapons

VOA – Hundreds of missiles, weapons and munitions likely headed from Iran to Houthi militants in Yemen are in U.S. hands, intercepted during an operation earlier this week in the Arabian Sea. ... Read more »

US Senate Poised to Limit Trump’s Iran War Powers

VOA – WASHINGTON – U.S. lawmakers are poised to revive the debate over ground rules for a potential conflict with Iran, more than five weeks after President Donald Trump ordered the airstrike... Read more »

Report: Iran Opposition Figure Goes on Trial

VOA – TEHRAN – An Iranian opposition figure who had been living in exile before being arrested in a Revolutionary Guards operation went on trial in Tehran on Monday, Fars news agency... Read more »

Air Force 2019 Suicides Surge to Highest in 3 Decades

VOA – WASHINGTON – Suicides in the active-duty Air Force surged last year to the highest total in at least three decades, even as the other military services saw their numbers stabilize... Read more »

FBI Director Warns of Ongoing Russian ‘Information Warfare’

VOA – WASHINGTON – FBI Director Chris Wray said Wednesday that Russia is engaged in “information warfare” heading into the 2020 presidential election, though he said law enforcement has not seen ongoing... Read more »

Rouhani: Iran Ready to ‘Return to Its Commitments’ to Nuclear Deal

VOA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Iran is ready to “return to its commitments” under the 2015 nuclear deal when other parties uphold their commitments. Rouhani’s office issued a statement Monday... Read more »

EU Foreign-Policy Chief to Visit Iran

VOA – The European Union’s top diplomat is expected to visit Tehran on February 3, Iran’s Foreign Ministry has said. EU foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell will meet Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif... Read more »

Postal Workers Union With 200,000 Members Endorses Sanders

VOA – DES MOINES, IOWA – Bernie Sanders was endorsed Thursday by the 200,000-member American Postal Workers Union, an influential group that also backed the Vermont senator’s presidential bid against Hillary Clinton... Read more »

White House Objects to Bolton Book, Says It Can’t Be Published in Current Form

VOA – WASHINGTON – The White House on Wednesday objected to the publication of a book written by former White House national security adviser John Bolton that depicts President Donald Trump as having played a central role in a pressure campaign on... Read more »

Trump Impeachment Trial Turns Into Debate Over Bolton Testimony

VOA – WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump‘s impeachment trial quickly turned into a debate Wednesday over whether his former national security adviser John Bolton should be called as a witness. “There’s... Read more »