Ex-Iran President’s Daughter Charged With Propaganda, Blasphemy

VOA — TEHRAN — The daughter of Iran’s former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was charged with carrying out propaganda activity against the country and blasphemy in social media comments, the judiciary said... Read more »

Iran’s Top Diplomat in Syria, Slams Israel, Turkish Threats

VOA — DAMASCUS, SYRIA — Iran’s top diplomat condemned on Saturday Israel’s latest airstrike on Syria and criticized recent threats from Turkey about another planned incursion by Ankara into northern Syria. Foreign... Read more »

Shifting State Abortion Laws Cause Confusion for Patients, Clinics

VOA — TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA — Abortion providers and patients were struggling Friday to navigate the evolving legal landscape around abortion laws and access across the country since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned... Read more »

Diplomats: Iran Making New Demands in Nuclear Talks

VOA — UNITED NATIONS — A day after indirect talks between the United States and Iran on a return to the 2015 nuclear deal ended unsuccessfully, diplomats said Thursday that Tehran has... Read more »

US, Iran Indirect Talks to Revive 2015 Nuclear Pact End Without Progress

VOA — DUBAI — Indirect talks between Tehran and Washington aimed at breaking an impasse about how to salvage Iran’s 2015 nuclear pact have ended without the progress “the EU team as... Read more »

Former White House Aide: Trump Angry, Volatile as 2020 Defeat Became Obvious

VOA — WASHINGTON — Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson told U.S. lawmakers Tuesday that then-President Donald Trump became increasingly angry and volatile about his 2020 reelection loss. Read more »

G7: Food security crisis could push poorer nations into China’s arms

DW — Spiking food prices caused by the war in Ukraine are threatening to push more people to the brink of starvation. If G7 countries don't deliver on aid, poorer nations might... Read more »

Iran Launches Rocket Into Space as Nuclear Talks to Resume

VOA — TEHRAN — Iranian state television said Sunday that Tehran had launched a solid-fuel rocket into space, drawing a rebuke from Washington ahead of the expected resumption of stalled talks over... Read more »

EU Top Diplomat Bids to ‘Reverse Tensions’ on Iran Visit

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell was headed to Tehran on Friday night for a visit that could breathe new life into stalled talks on reviving... Read more »

Supreme Court Ends Constitutional Right to Abortion in America

VOA — WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overruled a constitutional right to abortion in America, leaving it to states to decide whether to permit the procedure that has been... Read more »