US Navy Veteran’s New Account of Iran Detention Deemed Credible by Sources

VOA — WASHINGTON / SAN DIEGO — American Navy veteran Michael White, whom Iran freed in a 2020 prisoner swap with the U.S., has shared new details of his 20-month detention in... Read more »

US Lawmakers Pillory Social Media Giant Facebook

VOA — WASHINGTON — Key U.S. lawmakers pilloried social media giant Facebook on Tuesday after Frances Haugen, an inside whistleblower who once worked at the company, alleged that Facebook’s products are harming... Read more »

Secret Wealth of High-Profile Individuals Revealed in ‘Pandora Papers’ Leak

VOA — LONDON — World leaders, politicians and pop stars are among the thousands of individuals revealed to be concealing huge wealth through a network of anonymous companies. Read more »

Iran asks US to unfreeze $10 billion as sign of goodwill

DW — The Iranian foreign minister has set the release of billions in Iranian assets as a requirement for nuclear deal talks. The new hard-line government has said it wants tangible results... Read more »

Battle for Abortion Rights Hits America’s Streets

VOA — WASHINGTON — Carrying signs with slogans like “my body, my choice, my right,” thousands of women rallied Saturday in Washington at the start of a day of nationwide protests aimed... Read more »

US Tops 700,000 COVID Deaths

VOA — The United States has surpassed 700,000 deaths from COVID-19, the highest of any country. The U.S. recorded 700,258 deaths Friday evening, according to data from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource... Read more »

Beset by Inflation, Iranians Struggle with High Food Prices

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Mehdi Dolatyari watched with dread in recent months as once-affordable goods at his central Tehran supermarket soared out of reach for his customers.Iranians who previously bought sacks... Read more »

US Military Admits Afghan War Was ‘Strategic Failure’

VOA — WASHINGTON — Twenty years of American blood and treasure spent in Afghanistan was reduced Tuesday to about six hours of testimony in the United States Senate, with the nation’s top... Read more »

Uncertainty Grips Washington in Face of Another Possible Shutdown

VOA — WASHINGTON — If Congress fails to act, the U.S. government’s authority to continue spending money will expire at midnight on Thursday, forcing more than 1 million federal workers and an... Read more »

US Homicides Increased Nearly 30% in 2020, FBI Reports

VOA — WASHINGTON — Homicides in the U.S. increased nearly 30 percent last year compared to 2019, part of an overall increase in violent crime in the country, the Federal Bureau of... Read more »