VOA – NEW YORK – New York’s governor said Friday that he is “cautiously optimistic” that the hardest hit U.S. state is starting to see a flattening in the number of new... Read more »

VOA – Amnesty International says it believes more than 30 prisoners have been killed by Iranian security forces amid rioting over fears of contracting the coronavirus. Thousands of inmates in at least... Read more »

VOA – Amnesty International says it believes more than 30 prisoners have been killed by Iranian security forces amid rioting over fears of contracting the coronavirus. Thousands of inmates in at least... Read more »

VOA – DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Iran’s supreme leader suggested Thursday that mass gatherings may be barred through the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan amid the coronavirus pandemic, as Amnesty... Read more »

VOA – U.S. officials warned Sunday of a difficult upcoming week as the nation deals with the toll of the coronavirus outbreak.  “This is going to be the hardest and saddest week... Read more »

VOA – WASHINGTON – Much has been written of the warning signs, symptoms and dangers of COVID-19. But what is it like to live through an active infection? Three sufferers agreed to... Read more »

VOA- WHITE HOUSE – Within hours of the U.S. House’s overwhelming approval of a $2 trillion bill to blunt the economic destruction caused by the coronavirus, President Donald Trump signed the legislation... Read more »

NEW YORK – Close to one billion people worldwide were confined to their homes on Saturday as the global coronavirus death toll shot past 11,000 and U.S. states rolled out lockdown measures... Read more »

VOA – WASHINGTON – Joe Biden’s path to the Democratic presidential nomination widened significantly Tuesday with commanding victories in Mississippi, Missouri and Michigan, a state that his rival Bernie Sanders won four... Read more »