VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Explosions struck a natural gas pipeline in Iran early on Wednesday, with an official blaming the blasts on a “sabotage and terrorist action” in the... Read more »
BBC — From bats and carnivorous plants to crocodiles and birds, nature is full of remarkable pairings that depend on each other to survive. A green-brown spongy sludge congregates en masse across... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON — The U.S. on Wednesday sanctioned three people and four firms — across Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey — for allegedly helping to export goods and technology... Read more »
VOA — When Chicago-based dressmaker and designer Kristin Mariani commutes to work, she notices a change in how people dress for the office post-pandemic. “People are dressing more comfortably,” says Mariani, an... Read more »
VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog warned Tuesday that Iran is “not entirely transparent” regarding its atomic program, particularly after an official who once... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON — Since the Taliban seized control in August 2021, China, Iran and Russia have been steadily courting Afghanistan’s de facto government for influence. The three countries have kept their embassies... Read more »
DW — Alexandra von Nahmen, Donald Trump’s questioning of the core of NATO has sent a chill through allies in Europe. They are working on contingency plans should Trump return to the... Read more »
BBC — Donald Trump has said he would "encourage" Russia to attack any Nato member that fails to pay its bills as part of the Western military alliance. Read more »
BBC — Egypt and Mexico are separated by thousands of miles of ocean and desert, with vastly different languages, cuisines, politics and cultures. But as citizens in both countries rose to read... Read more »
VOA — Trenace Dorsey-Hollins’ 5-year-old daughter was sick a lot last year. Dorsey-Hollins followed school guidelines and kept her home when she had a cough or a sore throat — or worse... Read more »