VOA — WASHINGTON — The fall of the U.S.-backed government in Afghanistan gave Taliban fighters access to more than $7 billion worth of American military equipment, according to data in a report... Read more »

VOA — TEHRAN — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi expressed Wednesday his government’s desire for closer cooperation with China in remarks made during a visit by the Chinese defense minister, state media reported.... Read more »

VOA — WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is set to ask Congress for legislative changes that would make it easier for the U.S. Justice Department to seize Russian oligarch assets and transfer... Read more »

VOA — TEHRAN — Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seized a foreign vessel smuggling fuel in the Persian Gulf and arrested its crew members, state media said Sunday, in the third such incident reported... Read more »

VOA — WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO — An Air Force major general in Ohio has been convicted by a military judge of one of three specifications of abusive sexual contact in... Read more »

VOA — The Walt Disney Company, a global entertainment giant, has found itself on the wrong side of a political battle with Ron DeSantis, the Republican governor of the state of Florida,... Read more »

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Iranian intelligence officers arrested three people belonging to a group linked to Israel’s Mossad agency and charged with involvement in releasing classified information, state TV reported Thursday.... Read more »

VOA — FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA — A majority of Americans continue to support a mask requirement for people traveling on airplanes and other shared transportation, a new poll finds. A ruling by... Read more »

VOA — WASHINGTON — A U.S. study released Tuesday shows that during the surge of the COVID-19 omicron variant, hospitalization rates of unvaccinated children ages 5-11 were twice those of children who... Read more »