VOA — WASHINGTON — Students from China retained their position in 2023 as the largest group of international students in the United States. Despite a slight dip, they are still the leading... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON — The U.S. Congress has passed legislation that would ban the Pentagon from using any seaport in the world that relies on a Chinese logistics platform known as LOGINK.... Read more »
PARIS — Iran on Wednesday hanged a woman convicted of murdering her husband, whom she married while still a child, defying an international campaign for clemency, rights groups said. Samira Sabzian, who had... Read more »
VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Iran’s foreign ministry summoned on Wednesday Sweden’s charge d’affaires to protest the life sentence handed down to a former Iranian prison official over mass executions in 1988.... Read more »
VOA — STOCKHOLM — A Swedish appeals court on Tuesday upheld a guilty verdict and life sentence given to a former Iranian official convicted last year for his part in a mass... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON — The United States has issued fresh sanctions on 10 entities and four people based in Iran, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Indonesia it accuses of supporting the production of... Read more »
VOA — NEW YORK — A new study adds to evidence that severe obesity is becoming more common in young U.S. children. There was some hope that children in a government food... Read more »
VOA — All About America explores American culture, politics, trends, history, ideals and places of interest. The earliest residents of the White House shied away from grand gardens reminiscent of the elaborate... Read more »
Researchers Cite Western Progress in Curbing Electronics Transfers to Russian-Iranian Drone Facility
VOA — WASHINGTON — U.S. and Ukrainian researchers say Western nations are making progress in trying to curb illicit transfers of Western electronic components to a Russian facility suspected of making Iranian-designed... Read more »
VOA — Jailed Iranian rights activist and Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi has been notified that she will stand trial Tuesday in connection with her recent activities within prison, such as disseminating... Read more »