Britain, France, Germany Regret US Decision to End Waivers for Iran Civilian Nuclear Projects

VOA News — Britain, France and Germany issued a joint statement Saturday in which they expressed “regret” about the United States decision to end sanctions waivers for Iranian civilian nuclear projects intended... Read more »

Trump targets China over Hong Kong security law

BBC — President Donald Trump has announced that he will start to end preferential treatment for Hong Kong in trade and travel, in response to a new security law pushed by Beijing.... Read more »

Iran Rejects US Cancellation of Nuclear Sanctions Waivers

VOA — Iran says a U.S. move to cancel the last remaining sanctions waivers from the 2015 nuclear agreement will not impact its nuclear work.  A spokesman for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization... Read more »

Iranian Stock Market Boom Prompts ‘Bubble’ Warnings

VOA — Iran’s stock market has been booming for months, despite a collapse in the country’s economy and a rampant coronavirus that has struck the country hard. Even President Hassan Rouhani has... Read more »

NASA Postpones 1st Commercial Space Flight

VOA — NASA postponed Wednesday’s scheduled launch of a Space X rocket ship, the first manned commercial space flight in history. NASA canceled the launch 16 minutes before takeoff because of the... Read more »

US Closes Probes into 3 Senators over Their Stock Trades

VOA — WASHINGTON – The Justice Department has closed investigations into stock trading by Sens. Dianne Feinstein of California, Kelly Loeffler of Georgia and Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, according to people familiar... Read more »

AP Fact Check: Faulty Trump Claims on Virus Drug, Vote Fraud

VOA — WASHINGTON – When President Donald Trump doesn’t like the message, he shoots the messenger. So it was this past week when he took very personally a scientific study that should... Read more »

Iranian Fuel Heads Toward Venezuelan Port, More Tankers to Come

VOA — The lead vessel of a five-tanker flotilla carrying fuel supplied by Iran to gasoline-thirsty Venezuela was set to arrive at one of state-run PDVSA’s ports Sunday, escorted by the military,... Read more »

SpaceX’s 1st Astronaut Launch Breaking New Ground for Style

VOA — CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. – The first astronauts launched by SpaceX are breaking new ground for style with hip spacesuits, gull-wing Teslas and a sleek rocketship — all of it white... Read more »

WHO, Other Groups Say COVID-19 Restrictions Put Vaccine Programs at Risk

VOA — Nearly 80 million children under age 1 are at higher risk of preventable diseases such as measles, cholera and polio because of the disruption of routine vaccination programs, according to... Read more »