Iranian Tanker Seized by Indonesia Is Released After 4 Months

VOA — JAKARTA, INDONESIA – An Iranian-flagged tanker seized by Indonesia in January over the suspected illegal transfer of oil has been released, an Indonesian official and Iranian state media said on... Read more »

US Says Iranians Should be Free to Choose Own Leaders

VOA — WASHINGTON – The Biden administration has responded to Iran’s mass disqualification of candidates for its upcoming presidential election by saying Iranians should be free to choose their own leaders. The... Read more »

Biden Budget to Propose $6 Trillion in 2022 Spending

VOA — U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday will ask Congress for the authority to spend nearly $6 trillion in 2022, which would give him the resources to begin implementing an ambitious... Read more »

Coronavirus: Joe Biden urges new investigation into COVID origins

DW — Joe Biden says US intelligence agencies are unsure whether the virus was transferred to humans from an animal or whether it leaked from a lab. However, he is calling for... Read more »

Iran agrees to extend UN watchdog deal over nuclear sites

DW — The IAEA will continue to monitor Iran's nuclear activity after the end of an initial three-month arrangement. The move comes as Tehran tries to gain leverage in the Vienna talks. Read more »

Iran says UN watchdog can no longer access nuclear data

DW — The IAEA will not be able to monitor Iran’s nuclear activity after the end of a three-month arrangement. The development comes as world powers continue to make attempts at restoring... Read more »

White House’s New, $1.7T Infrastructure Offer Panned by GOP

VOA — WASHINGTON – The White House put forward a $1.7 trillion infrastructure counteroffer Friday to Senate Republicans, dropping from President Joe Biden’s sweeping $2.3 trillion proposal “in the spirit of finding... Read more »

US Ends Use of 2 Immigration Jails Accused of Mistreatment

VOA — WASHINGTON – A detention facility in Georgia where women claim they were subjected to unwanted medical procedures and a Massachusetts jail that has drawn complaints of inhumane conditions will no... Read more »

Israel’s Netanyahu Rebuffs Biden’s Call for ‘Significant De-escalation’ of Attacks on Gaza

VOA — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday rebuffed U.S. President Joe Biden’s call for “a significant de-escalation” in Israel’s bombardment of Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip leading to a... Read more »

How overwork is literally killing us

BBC — Alarming new research shows that people working more than 54 hours a week are at major risk of dying from overwork. It’s killing three-quarters of a million people each year. Read more »