VOA — WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden said Saturday the United States had delivered a private message to Iran about Iran-backed Houthis responsible for attacking commercial shipping in the Red Sea.... Read more »
BBC — The first votes in the US presidential race will be cast on Monday in the state of Iowa when Republicans choose who they want to take on Democratic President Joe... Read more »
A law firm representing passengers onboard Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, which was forced to make an emergency landing January 5 after a door detached midflight, has filed a lawsuit against Boeing aircraft... Read more »
DW — The attacks on maritime traffic by Yemen's militant Houthis have prompted retaliation by the US-led international naval coalition. Who are the Houthis? And what do they want? Read more »
Shahrokh Ahkami — Persian Heritage, winter 2023, #110 — With the arrival of the Christian New Year and departure of a year filled with horror, war, destruction, oppression, poverty, and despair, I... Read more »
VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Iran’s navy seized an oil tanker on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman that once was at the center of a major crisis between Tehran... Read more »
BBC — The boss of Boeing has admitted the planemaker was at fault after one of its aircraft suffered a door blow-out shortly after take-off in the US. No-one was injured when... Read more »
VOA — Singer Mehdi Yarrahi has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison plus 74 lashes, his attorney Zahra Minoui said on Tuesday. Yarrahi, 42, was arrested in August... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON — The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said late on Sunday the “key missing component” from the Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet involved in an Alaska Airlines emergency landing... Read more »
VOA — U.S. President Joe Biden has no intention of firing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin after Austin mysteriously failed for several days to publicly say he has been hospitalized and has yet... Read more »