Deportation Agents Use Smartphone App to Monitor Immigrants

VOA — LOS ANGELES — U.S. authorities have broadly expanded the use of a smartphone app during the coronavirus pandemic to ensure immigrants released from detention will attend deportation hearings, a requirement... Read more »

Putin Threatens to Nationalize Western Companies that Exit Russia

VOA — WASHINGTON —Russian officials have said that they will move to nationalize the assets of Western companies that pull out of their country over its invasion of Ukraine, a decision that... Read more »

Iran claims missile attack on Kurdish-populated Erbil in Iraq

DW — The US said it is working with the Iraqi and the regional Kurdish governments to get missile defense capabilities after Iran attacked Erbil. Read more »

Report: Iran Suspends Talks with Saudi Arabia After Mass Execution

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Iran has decided to temporarily suspend its secret Baghdad-brokered talks aimed at defusing yearslong tensions with regional rival Saudi Arabia, Iranian state-linked media reported Sunday, a day... Read more »

US Pays $2M a Month to Protect Pompeo, Aide Due to Iran Threat

VOA — WASHINGTON — The State Department says it’s paying more than $2 million per month to provide 24-hour security to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a former top aide,... Read more »

EU Says ‘Pause Needed’ in Iran Nuclear Talks

VOA — VIENNA — Last-minute Russian demands related to the Ukraine conflict threatened to derail the near-complete process of reviving the Iran nuclear deal Friday, as the EU announced negotiations would be... Read more »

EU says ‘pause’ needed in Iran nuclear deal talks

DW — The EU's foreign policy chief said talks were on hold due to "external factors." It comes as Russia's stance threatened to derail the efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. Read more »

Iran Nuclear Talks Stumble Over Unresolved Russia Demands

VOA — VIENNA — Parties trying to revive the Iran nuclear deal scrambled Wednesday to resolve last-minute Russian demands that threaten to scupper negotiations, diplomats said, with the United States appearing unwilling... Read more »

Is Russia sabotaging the Iran nuclear deal over Ukraine sanctions?

DW — Despite progress in the negotiations to restore the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the accord's future is at stake after a last-minute Russian demand for an exemption from Western sanctions. Read more »

Iranian President Says Iran Won’t Back Down on ‘Red Lines’ in Nuclear Talks

VOA — DUBAI —  Iran will not back down on its red lines in nuclear talks with major powers, President Ebrahim Raisi said on Tuesday, after the European Union said the time... Read more »