Lebanese Bristle Over Iran Commander’s Comments Regarding Hezbollah Missile Capabilities

VOA — AMMAN – Lebanese Sunni Muslims, Christians, and others are condemning recent remarks by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Air Force Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh, who claimed that Lebanon owed its... Read more »

Fauci Suggests Slow Pace of US Coronavirus Vaccinations to Pick Up

VOA — WASHINGTON – Vaccinations against the coronavirus are off to a slow and chaotic start in the United States, but the country’s top infectious disease expert held out hope Sunday that... Read more »

2021 Begins with Expanded Coronavirus Restrictions — and Glimmers of Hope

VOA — As countries around the world tighten lockdowns, impose curfews, ban large get-togethers and even halt alcohol sales to tackle a surge in coronavirus cases, officials in India and the U.S.... Read more »

EU-China Investment Deal Threatens US-Europe Relations

VOA — Just weeks before taking office, the incoming U.S. administration of President-elect Joe Biden has received an unwelcome housewarming gift from the European Union in the form of a wide-ranging investment... Read more »

Fifty journalists killed worldwide in 2020, most of them ‘deliberately targeted’

RFI — Fifty journalists were killed in connection with their work this year from January 1 to December 15, most of them deliberately targeted, according to a report by Reporters Without Borders... Read more »

Study: Britain Must Vaccinate 2 Million a Week to Prevent Third COVID-19 Wave

VOA — Britain must vaccinate 2 million people a week to avoid a third wave of the coronavirus outbreak, a study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has... Read more »

Ten Climbers Killed in Iran After Snowfall; Ship Crew Missing After Storms

VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – At least 10 climbers have died and several more are missing in mountains north of Iran’s capital, Tehran, after heavy snowfall, state media reported Saturday,... Read more »

Trump’s Lasting Legacy: Conservative Supermajority on Supreme Court

VOA — WASHINGTON – “The Supreme Court really let us down,” U.S. President Donald Trump fumed on Twitter on December 12. “No Wisdom, No Courage!”    The tweet came just hours after the... Read more »

Biden: Reversing Trump Immigration Policies Will Take Months

VOA — WILMINGTON, DEL. – President-elect Joe Biden says it will take months to roll back some of President Donald Trump’s actions on immigration, offering a slower timeline than he promised on... Read more »

Why Iranian authorities force women to wear a veil

DW — Iranian women are expected to wear veils in public — and also in ads. A recent clip featuring a woman without the hijab has led authorities to sanction its producers.... Read more »