VOA — The U.S. Justice Department is aggressively forging ahead with a clampdown on Chinese economic espionage even as the coronavirus pandemic has shuttered much of the country’s criminal justice system. In... Read more »

VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – The U.S. military offered condolences Thursday to Iran over a friendly fire incident in the Islamic Republic that saw an Iranian missile kill 19 Iranian... Read more »

VOA — WASHINGTON – Long hailed as a haven for minority groups, Iraq’s northern autonomous Kurdistan region has turned into treacherous territory for many Iranian dissidents and refugees escaping persecution from Iranian... Read more »

VOA — CAIRO – They are regarded as heroes, their fallen colleagues as martyrs. But for doctors and nurses still dealing with Iran’s growing number of coronavirus infections, such praise rings hollow.... Read more »

VOA — WASHINGTON – Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, said Tuesday that the coronavirus death toll in the United States is “almost certainly higher” than the reported 80,000... Read more »

Nineteen Iranian sailors were killed and 15 were wounded in a friendly fire accident.  Iranian state television said the incident took place “in the perimeter of Iran’s southern Bandar-e Jask port on the Gulf of Oman during Iranian... Read more »

VOA — WASHINGTON – The U.S. is moving quickly toward relaxing restrictions and opening commerce from the coronavirus shutdown, but a leading expert on the pandemic says the result will be more... Read more »

VOA — Iraq’s new prime minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, chaired his first cabinet meeting Saturday after being sworn in earlier in the week. Kadhimi had meetings with U.S. Ambassador Matthew H. Tueller and... Read more »

VOA — The official U.S. unemployment rate linked to the coronavirus pandemic is already at 14.7%, but top White House officials said Sunday they expect it could reach 25% before the world’s... Read more »