VOA — Accusations of beatings and the use of tear gas have been made against members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps by tourists in a scenic resort area of the country.... Read more »

VOA — WASHINGTON — The U.S. is sending additional warships and thousands of Marines to the Middle East to increase security in the wake of Iranian attempts to seize commercial ships there.... Read more »

VOA — LONDON – Iran’s offer to host a maritime event in October has been rejected after a proposal led by the U.S. to rescind the bid was approved in a vote... Read more »

VOA — Iran, largely shunned by western tourists, is making a push to attract visitors from wealthy Gulf Arab states and other nearby countries to boost its sanctions-hit economy. The Islamic republic... Read more »

VOA — Former U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has been told by special counsel Jack Smith that he is a target of the federal grand jury investigation into whether he... Read more »

VOA — Iran got a small measure of relief from its isolation by the West this month by joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization of Eurasian nations. But analysts based in Iran and... Read more »

BBC — Parts of the US are expected to see record temperatures on Sunday, with warnings of “dangerous” heat levels into next week across the south-west. Nearly a third of Americans –... Read more »

VOA — The U.S. is beefing up its use of fighter jets around the strategic Strait of Hormuz to protect ships from Iranian seizures, a senior defense official said Friday, adding that... Read more »

HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday urged nations targeted by Western sanctions to band together as he hosted the leader of fellow international outlier Iran. President Ebrahim Raisi arrived... Read more »