Trump Fights Ruling That He Can’t Block Twitter Users

VOA – WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is challenging a federal appeals court decision that ruled he violated the U.S. Constitution by blocking people whose views he disliked from his Twitter account.... Read more »

Iran Showcases New Long-Range Missile System

VOA – Iranian state media said the government showcased a domestically built long-range, mobile surface-to-air missile system on Thursday. The system’s unveiling came on Iran’s National Defense Industry Day and at a... Read more »

Poll: 62% Disapprove of How Trump Is Handling His Job

NEW YORK – About 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s overall job performance, according to a new poll released Thursday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research,... Read more »

Iran Moves to Cut Four Zeroes From Its Struggling Currency

VOA – Iranian President Hassan Rohani has sent a bill to parliament that would cut four zeroes from the value of the country’s battered currency, the rial. Semiofficial news agencies reported the... Read more »

US Intelligence in Transition, Remains Focused for Now on Facts

VOA – WASHINGTON – The new, top-ranking U.S. intelligence official is promising the country’s intelligence agencies will be undeterred in their work, a day after his predecessor and his predecessor’s top deputy... Read more »

شایعه ‘مهاجرت صادق لاریجانی به نجف’ و تشدید فشار رسانه‌ای علیه او

بی بی سی فارسی – یک ماه پس از اعلام بازداشت اکبر طبری، معاون صادق لاریجانی در زمان ریاستش بر قوه قضاییه، فشارهای رسانه‌ای، از جمله در صداوسیما، علیه او بالا گرفته... Read more »

In Missouri, After Tragedy Came Opportunity for Reform

VOA – Five years after the death of Michael Brown in the St. Louis, Missouri, suburb of Ferguson, Americans are still divided over whether his death at the hands of a white... Read more »

Iran’s Khamenei Backs Yemen’s Houthi Movement, Calls for Dialogue

VOA – DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pledged on Tuesday Tehran’s continued support for Yemen’s Houthi movement and called for dialogue among Yemenis to safeguard the... Read more »

Bipartisan Group of US Lawmakers Opposes Plan to Freeze Foreign Aid

VOA  – Republican and Democratic lawmakers joined forces to oppose moves by the White House that critics fear could lead to sharp cuts in foreign aid for international health, narcotics and peacekeeping initiatives,... Read more »

US Mayors Call for New Gun Control Measures

VOA – WASHINGTON – More than 200 U.S. mayors demanded Thursday that the Senate return from its summer recess to approve gun control legislation in the aftermath of two mass shootings last... Read more »