VOA — WASHINGTON – The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on five Iranian ship captains who had delivered oil to Venezuela, and the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reaffirmed Washington’s... Read more »

VOA — WASHINGTON – As crowds gathered at a rally for President Donald Trump in Phoenix, Arizona, the nation’s top infectious disease doctor called the gathering a bad idea.  “I’ll say it... Read more »

BBC — US President Donald Trump has extended a pause on some green cards and suspended visas for other foreign workers until the end of 2020. High-skilled tech workers, non-agricultural seasonal helpers,... Read more »

VOA — Demonstrators are again taking to the streets in the U.S. this weekend to call for racial justice and an end to police brutality. Protests across the country have continued since... Read more »

VOA — WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign on Sunday brushed off the underwhelming size of the crowd at his first political rally in three months, blaming “fake news media” reports... Read more »

VOA — WASHINGTON – A genetic analysis of COVID-19 patients suggests that blood type might influence whether someone develops severe disease. Scientists who compared the genes of thousands of patients in Europe... Read more »

VOA — The United Nations nuclear agency said it passed a resolution Friday urging Iran to allow inspectors access to two sites where undeclared nuclear material was believed to have been used... Read more »

The news in the US has been dominated by anti-racism protests for the past couple of weeks, but coronavirus is now back in the headlines. Read more »

VOA — WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s yearslong effort to end a program that protects from deportation hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who were... Read more »