VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — An Iranian court has sentenced a police chief in northern Iran to death after he was charged with killing a man during mass protests in 2022, local... Read more »

BBC — Julian Assange, founder of the whistleblowing website Wikileaks, will have to wait until 20 May to find out whether he will be extradited to the US. The UK courts had... Read more »

VOA — United Nations chief Antonio Guterres called on Monday for reparations over the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved people as a way to tackle its legacy in today’s society, including systemic racism.... Read more »

VOA — TEHRAN — Iran’s currency fell to a record low on Sunday, plunging to 613,500 to the dollar, as its people celebrated the Persian New Year. On Sunday, people were trying... Read more »

VOA — WASHINGTON — The number of arrests for illegally crossing the U.S. southern border with Mexico nudged upward February over the previous month. But at a time when immigration is increasingly... Read more »

VOA —WASHINGTON — U.N.-appointed international legal experts who investigated Iran’s suppression of a women’s rights movement that erupted in September 2022 are appealing for more time to do their work, but objections... Read more »

VOA — WASHINGTON — After days of delay, U.S. congressional leaders unveiled a $1.1 trillion bipartisan spending measure for defense, homeland security and other programs early on Thursday, giving lawmakers less than... Read more »

VOA — The U.S. Treasury Department imposed new sanctions Wednesday on procurement networks supporting Iran’s ballistic missile, nuclear and defense programs. The networks are based in Iran, Turkey, Oman and Germany, according... Read more »

VOA — WASHINGTON —  South Africa seeks to limit the damage to its relations with Washington caused by its legal challenge to Israel’s assault on Gaza, a South African official said on... Read more »