VOA —DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – A short-circuit on a power line sparked a brush fire in an eastern neighborhood of the Iranian capital Tehran on Friday, police and the fire department... Read more »

DW — The US Central Command has claimed responsibility for engaging with an Iranian passenger plane in Syrian airspace. Iranian officials have threatened to take legal and political action over the incident.... Read more »

BBC — Canada’s federal court has ruled that an asylum agreement the country has with the US is invalid because America violates the human rights of refugees. The Safe Third Country Agreement... Read more »

VOA — The U.S. government will pay $1.95 billion to American drug maker Pfizer and German biotech company BioNTech SE for 100 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, if it proves to... Read more »

VOA — President Donald Trump, who renewed daily briefings on the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday, said the number of COVID-19 cases was spiking across the country, and “It will probably, unfortunately, get worse... Read more »

VOA — WASHINGTON – Beijing is reported to be in the final stages of approving a $400 billion economic and security deal with Tehran, which some analysts say could give China a... Read more »

VOA — WASHINGTON – A key group of lawmakers is warning that the U.S. Congress may be the target of a campaign by foreign actors to interfere in the upcoming presidential election. ... Read more »

DW — The rare decision followed a wave of online protest, with over 10 million retweeting the hashtag #StopExecutionsinIran. The accused’s lawyers said in a statement that they were “hopeful” the verdict... Read more »

VOA — Iranian health officials sought on Sunday to play down the president’s estimate that some 25 million people have been infected with the coronavirus, saying it was based on serological blood... Read more »