VOA — BAGHDAD, IRAQ — A visit by the commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force to Baghdad has led to a pause in attacks on U.S. troops by Iran-aligned groups in Iraq,... Read more »

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — A 30-year-old man gunned down 12 of his relatives Saturday in a remote rural area in southeast Iran, the deadliest shooting reported in decades. Head of the... Read more »

VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Explosions struck a natural gas pipeline in Iran early on Wednesday, with an official blaming the blasts on a “sabotage and terrorist action” in the... Read more »

VOA — WASHINGTON — Since the Taliban seized control in August 2021, China, Iran and Russia have been steadily courting Afghanistan’s de facto government for influence. The three countries have kept their embassies... Read more »

BBC — Egypt and Mexico are separated by thousands of miles of ocean and desert, with vastly different languages, cuisines, politics and cultures. But as citizens in both countries rose to read... Read more »

VOA — All About America explores American culture, politics, trends, history, ideals and places of interest. Each day, about 10,000 people born between 1946 and 1964 leave the U.S. workforce, a trend... Read more »

VOA — SAN FRANCISCO — Meta on Thursday said it had removed the Facebook and Instagram accounts of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for violating its content policy. “We have removed... Read more »

VOA — A door that blew away from a Boeing 737 Max shortly after take-off may not have been properly secured, a new report says. The US National Transportation Safety Board has... Read more »

DW — The head of Iran’s atomic energy agency has announced the construction of a powerful reactor at the Isfahan nuclear research center. It’s the latest of several similar plans that Tehran... Read more »