Study Says Pregnant Women Slower to Respond to COVID-19 Vaccine

VOA — A new study says it is crucial that pregnant and breastfeeding women receive both doses of either the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines in order to be fully vaccinated. Researchers... Read more »

Biden Cuts Social Safety Net Plan in Half

VOA — WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled a $1.85 trillion spending plan he said would provide the “most transformative” aid to American families in decades and, at the... Read more »

COVID Pandemic Worsens Prospect of Global Labor Recovery

VOA — GENEVA — New figures from the U.N.’s International Labor Organization indicate the global labor market has been slow to bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic, with the economies of lower-income... Read more »

Iran Agrees to Resume Nuclear Talks

VOA — WASHINGTON — Iran said Wednesday it would resume talks with world powers about its nuclear development program by the end of November. The U.S. State Department is aware of the... Read more »

Official Tells VOA Iran Believed Behind Attack on US Troops in Syria

VOA — PENTAGON — Iran is believed to have been behind a drone attack last week at the al-Tanf military outpost in southern Syria where American troops are based, two U.S. officials... Read more »

Why Iran fears chaos in Afghanistan

DW — The initial euphoria in Iran over the US withdrawal from its conflict-stricken eastern neighbor has faded, and the mood is changing. Read more »

US Envoy Says Iran Nuclear Deal Effort Is at ‘Critical Phase’

VOA — WASHINGTON — Efforts to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal are at a “critical phase” and Tehran’s reasons for avoiding talks are wearing thin, a U.S. official said Monday while... Read more »

US to Reopen Air Borders for Fully Vaccinated Visitors

VOA — WASHINGTON — The United States will soon reopen its air borders for foreign visitors who are fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine or those who can present a negative COVID-19... Read more »

Calls to Ban Guns on Movie Sets Grow After Baldwin Shooting

VOA — LOS ANGELES — Calls were growing Sunday to ban the use of firearms in movie-making, as Hollywood struggled to come to terms with Alec Baldwin’s fatal on-set shooting of cinematographer... Read more »

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband on hunger strike, criticizes Boris Johnson

DW — Richard Ratcliffe said British PM Boris Johnson has not done enough to secure his wife's release from an Iranian prison. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been detained for more than five years. Read more »