VOA — WASHINGTON — The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on Chinese and other companies it said were used by one of Iran’s largest petrochemical brokers to sell tens of millions... Read more »
VOA — TEHRAN — Iranian border guards clashed Sunday with the Afghan Taliban, Iranian media reported, the latest cross-border exchange since the former insurgents seized power in neighboring Afghanistan a year ago.... Read more »
VOA — Rescuers searched for the missing in Iran on Friday after landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains killed at least 53 people, officials said. Mehdi Valipour, head of emergency operations... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden and members of his administration are avoiding the “R word” — recession — to describe the country’s economy despite the release of government data... Read more »
VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — At least seven people were killed in floods near Tehran on Thursday, most in a landslide that dumped mud four meters deep in a village west of... Read more »
VOA — GENEVA — The United Nations AIDS program says progress is stalling on ending HIV/AIDS as a public health crisis by 2030 and action is needed to get it back on... Read more »
VOA — Fed Chair Jerome Powell and a senior member of Congress are at odds over a report issued Tuesday by Senate Republicans alleging that China is trying to infiltrate the Federal... Read more »
VOA — Growing up in mid-sized Virginia Beach, Virginia, Andrew Waldholtz wanted to live in a big city, so he moved to the District of Columbia for college. After four years in... Read more »
VOA — TEHRAN — Iran said Monday it will not be rushed into a “quick” deal reviving its faltering 2015 nuclear accord with world powers, as negotiations remain deadlocked. “They demand that... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said the U.S. economy is slowing but pointed to healthy hiring as proof that it is not yet in recession. Yellen spoke... Read more »