One Killed as Price Protests Continue in Iran

VOA — DUBAI — Protests over soaring food prices continued in several cities in Iran on Saturday, according to postings on social media, while an Iranian lawmaker told a local media outlet... Read more »

EU Says Talks With Iran ‘Positive Enough’ to Reopen Nuclear Negotiations

VOA — WEISSENHAUS, GERMANY — The EU’s foreign policy chief said on Friday that he believed there had been enough progress during consultations between his envoy and Iranian officials in Tehran this... Read more »

Washington Struggles to Solve Infant Formula Shortage

VOA — An infant formula shortage that began several months ago is reaching crisis proportions in the United States, as a combination of supply chain problems and a major recall are making... Read more »

US Senate Democrats Lose Effort to Codify National Abortion Rights

VOA — WASHINGTON — Democrats in the U.S. Senate failed Wednesday to codify women’s rights to abortion across the country ahead of a prospective Supreme Court ruling that could end or sharply... Read more »

Iran Detains Two Europeans for Fomenting ‘Social Disorder, State TV Says

VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Iran’s intelligence ministry said on Wednesday it arrested two European nationals for allegedly fomenting “insecurity” in the country, state media reported, as the EU pushes... Read more »

Women Weigh in on Leaked Supreme Court Abortion Opinion

VOA — NEW ORLEANS — When Tory Donahoo of Pensacola, Florida, read last week’s leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft decision on abortion rights, she became worried and frightened. The majority opinion, though... Read more »

Ex-Iran President’s Daughter Faces Trial Over Social Media Comments

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — The daughter of Iran’s former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani faces prosecution over social media comments on the Revolutionary Guards and the Prophet Mohammed, the judiciary said Tuesday.... Read more »

Iran’s President Says Oil Exports Have Doubled Since August

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Iran’s president said Monday the country is exporting twice as much oil as when he took office in August, despite heavy sanctions on oil exports imposed by... Read more »

Iran Says EU Nuclear Coordinator to Visit This Week

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — The European Union diplomat seeking to revive a 2015 nuclear deal will visit Tehran this week, Iran announced Monday, as the United States voiced hope for progress.... Read more »

US Workers Grapple With New Stresses as They Return to Office

VOA — NEW YORK — Last summer, Julio Carmona started the process of weaning himself off a fully remote work schedule by showing up to the office once a week. The new... Read more »