VOA — ISTANBUL — While the United States and European Union are enforcing powerful financial and trade sanctions on Moscow and closing their airspace to Russian airplanes, Turkey strongly opposes such measures,... Read more »

VOA — WASHINGTON — Announcing tough sanctions against Russian oligarchs over the war in Ukraine was step one. Now the U.S. and its allies are creating new teams to act on their... Read more »

VOA — DUBAI/WASHINGTON — Russia said on Tuesday it has written guarantees it can carry out its work as a party to the Iran nuclear deal, suggesting Moscow could allow a revival... Read more »

VOA — WASHINGTON —Russian officials have said that they will move to nationalize the assets of Western companies that pull out of their country over its invasion of Ukraine, a decision that... Read more »

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Iran has decided to temporarily suspend its secret Baghdad-brokered talks aimed at defusing yearslong tensions with regional rival Saudi Arabia, Iranian state-linked media reported Sunday, a day... Read more »

VOA — VIENNA — Last-minute Russian demands related to the Ukraine conflict threatened to derail the near-complete process of reviving the Iran nuclear deal Friday, as the EU announced negotiations would be... Read more »

DW — The EU's foreign policy chief said talks were on hold due to "external factors." It comes as Russia's stance threatened to derail the efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. Read more »

VOA — VIENNA — Parties trying to revive the Iran nuclear deal scrambled Wednesday to resolve last-minute Russian demands that threaten to scupper negotiations, diplomats said, with the United States appearing unwilling... Read more »

VOA — DUBAI —  Iran will not back down on its red lines in nuclear talks with major powers, President Ebrahim Raisi said on Tuesday, after the European Union said the time... Read more »