US Terror Label for Iran Revolutionary Guard Takes Effect

VOA – The U.S. terrorism label for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard formally took effect on Monday, amid a battle between the Trump administration and some in Congress over waivers on oil and nuclear... Read more »

White House Looking at Sending Migrants to Sanctuary Cities

VOA – The White House on Sunday, echoing President Donald Trump, said sending undocumented migrants to sanctuary U.S. cities that have protected them from deportation remains a possibility even though government agencies... Read more »

On Ellis Island, a Wall Honors Immigrants Old and New

  VOA – It may surprise no one to see names like “The Russo Family” from Sicily, Italy, or Anton Ivanovich Malygin from St. Petersburg, Russia, inscribed on Ellis Island’s American Immigrant... Read more »

Iranian Red Crescent: Flood-Hit Iran Getting No Financial Aid From Abroad Due to US Sanctions

VOA – U.S. sanctions have prevented the Iranian Red Crescent from obtaining any foreign financial aid to assist victims of flooding that has killed at least 70 people and inundated some 1,900... Read more »

AP Fact Check: Trump’s Mexico Mirage share IMMIGRATION AP Fact Check: Trump’s Mexico Mirage

VOA – Giving himself credit for tough diplomacy, President Donald Trump is describing a burst of activity by Mexican authorities to keep Central American migrants from getting to the U.S. border. That’s... Read more »

UN Nuclear Watchdog Inspects Iran ‘Warehouse,’ Diplomats Say

VOA – The U.N. atomic watchdog policing Iran’s nuclear deal has inspected what Israel’s prime minister called a “secret atomic warehouse” in Tehran, three diplomats familiar with the agency’s work said. In... Read more »

Iran Says US Sanctions Impede Flood Rescue Operations

VOA – Iran’s foreign minister says sanctions imposed by the Trump administration last year have hampered rescue efforts in flood-stricken areas of the country, where nearly 60 people have died since mid-March,... Read more »

New Exhibit Commemorates 50 Years of Gay Rights Movement

  But 50 years ago in June 1969, this popular gay bar in New York’s Greenwich Village was the site of violent confrontation when an unprovoked police raid triggered widespread outrage, resulting... Read more »

Iran Flash-Flood Death Toll Up to 44

VOA – TEHRAN, IRAN —  Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency is reporting that the death toll from flash floods across the country has risen to 44 from 17. The Thursday report quotes Hamidreza... Read more »

Boeing: New Software for 737 MAX Jets Almost Ready

VOA – Boeing says it is close to completing a software upgrade to the anti-stall system on its 737 MAX jets which is suspected to be responsible for two recent deadly crashes.... Read more »