DW — Recent cases of COVID-19 in the women’s ward of the Evin Prison in Tehran spotlight a lack of preventative measures and the precarious situation of political detainees in the country.... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON – A notorious group of hackers tied to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has waged a covert campaign targeting university professors and other experts based in the U.K. and... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON – U.S. consumer prices advanced sharply in June, up 5.4% over a year ago. It was the biggest annual gain since 2008, as the world’s largest economy recovers from... Read more »
RFI — Thousands of Cubans took part in rare protests Sunday against the communist government, chanting, "down with the dictatorship," as President Miguel Diaz-Canel called on his supporters to confront the demonstrators. Read more »
VOA — The United Nations said Monday that global hunger grew dramatically in 2020, due in large part to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the cost of and access to... Read more »
VOA — CAIRO – Iranian authorities said no one was hurt in a blast early Saturday in Tehran, near the headquarters of Iranian radio and TV. Iranian media said the explosion took... Read more »
VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – The website of Iran’s transport ministry was taken down on Saturday by what state television said was a “cyber disruption,” a day after an apparent... Read more »
VOA — CAIRO – Anti-poverty organization Oxfam said Thursday that 11 people die of hunger each minute and that the number facing faminelike conditions around the globe has increased six times over... Read more »
VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN – Iran’s railroad system came under cyberattack Friday, a semi-official news agency reported, with hackers posting fake messages about train delays or cancellations on display boards at stations... Read more »