VOA — WASHINGTON — A witness in the Republican-led probe of U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden on Monday said the elder Biden spoke multiple times to his son’s associates but... Read more »

VOA — U.S. State Department officials and a recent report by ApplyBoard, a Canadian-based international student recruitment platform, indicate the United States is set to issue the most student visas in a... Read more »

VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Iranian authorities have shut down one of the offices of the country’s biggest e-commerce company and launched judicial procedures after it published pictures online showing... Read more »

VOA — Four Iranian policemen were killed on Sunday after attackers fired on a patrol in the restive southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan near the border with Pakistan, state media reported. “Three policemen... Read more »

VOA — GENEVA — Dozens of rights experts and nongovernmental organizations have asked the United Nations rights chief to intervene urgently to prevent the execution of an Iranian boxing champion sentenced for... Read more »

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Iranian authorities have shuttered an educational center accused of “inciting riots” during last year’s mass demonstrations triggered by the death of a young woman while in police... Read more »

BBC — Much of southern Europe is baking in extreme heat, with Greece seeing temperatures of 40C (104F) or more. The Acropolis, the country’s most popular tourist attraction, was closed during the... Read more »

VOA — VILNIUS, LITHUANIA — The United States is defining the limits of NATO’s outreach in the Indo-Pacific region, saying its focus on challenges posed by China does not signal an intention... Read more »

VOA — U.S. consumer prices rose 3% in June compared with a year ago, a marked drop in the inflation rate that was the smallest 12-month increase in more than two years,... Read more »