FDA approves Florida’s request to import cheaper drugs from Canada

BBC — The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Florida’s request to import prescription drugs from Canada to rein in drug prices in the state. Medicines in Canada can be nearly... Read more »

US Prosecutors Can Now Charge Foreign Officials With Bribery

Anti-corruption and government transparency activists say a new U.S. law that allows federal prosecutors to bring criminal charges against officials of foreign governments who solicit or accept bribes from U.S. companies will... Read more »

Huge Number of Migrants Highlights Border Crisis

VOA — U.S. officials processed an estimated 300,000 people at the U.S. border with Mexico in December, which would be the highest number ever recorded, according to multiple news organizations. While the... Read more »

Claudine Gay resigns as Harvard University president

BBC — Harvard University's president has resigned after facing allegations of plagiarism and criticism over her comments about antisemitism on campus. Read more »

Iranian Warship Alborz Enters the Red Sea, Tasnim Reports

VOA — DUBAI — Iran’s Alborz warship has entered the Red Sea, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Monday, at a time of soaring tensions on the key shipping route amid the Israel-Hamas war... Read more »

Iranian Diaspora Journalist on Plot to Assassinate Her: I Am More Motivated

VOA — WASHINGTON — A prominent Iranian diaspora journalist has spoken exclusively to VOA about her horrified and defiant reaction to learning last week that she was the target of an alleged... Read more »

Iran Executes 4 Accused of Sabotage, Links to Israel’s Mossad

VOA — Iran executed four people Friday, including a woman, whom it accused of being “saboteurs” with links to Israel’s Mossad intelligence service, the Mizan news agency affiliated to the judiciary said.... Read more »

France, Germany, UK and US Condemn Iran’s Increased Uranium Enrichment

VOA — WASHINGTON — France, Germany, Britain and the United States on Thursday condemned Iran’s increase in its production rate of highly enriched uranium of up to 60% purity, close to the... Read more »

Iran Says ‘Nothing New’ in UN Nuclear Watchdog Report

VOA — TEHRAN — Iran said Wednesday there was “nothing new” in an International Atomic Energy Agency report which said it had recently accelerated production of highly enriched uranium after months of... Read more »

Iran Resumes Pace of 60% Uranium Enrichment, IAEA Says

VOA — VIENNA, AUSTRIA — Iran has resumed enriching uranium at a similar rate as at the start of the year, the IAEA said Tuesday, as the country accelerates its nuclear program... Read more »