BBC — President Joe Biden has promised Israel "ironclad" US support amid fears that Tehran could launch reprisals for an attack that killed senior Iranians. Read more »
VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Gunmen ambushed a police convoy in Iran’s restive southeast on Tuesday, killing six police officers, media reports said. The attack on a road in Sistan and Baluchistan... Read more »
VOA — The Arizona Supreme court has ruled that the state can enforce a 160-year-old near-total abortion ban. The 1864 law – which precedes Arizona becoming a state – makes abortion punishable... Read more »
VOA — AUSTIN, TEXAS — Chinese migrants coming across the southern U.S. border say they made the treacherous journey to flee China’s authoritarian rule, to seek the American dream or escape growing... Read more »
VOA — DAMASCUS — Iran’s foreign minister inaugurated the country’s new consulate in Damascus on Monday, a week after a deadly strike blamed on Israel destroyed the former premises, sending regional tensions... Read more »
VOA — TEHRAN — An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader warned Sunday that Israeli embassies are “no longer safe” after a strike in Syria which Tehran blamed on Israel killed seven Revolutionary... Read more »
BBC — Eclipse fever is building. Millions in North America are hoping to spend around four minutes of total darkness as the Moon blocks the Sun’s light on Monday. For some, those... Read more »
BBC — It has been nearly six months since Hamas fighters broke through from Gaza into Israel on 7 October, killing about 1,200 people and taking hundreds hostage. In response, Israel vowed... Read more »
VOA — NEW YORK — An earthquake shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with residents reporting they felt rumbling across the Northeast.... Read more »
VOA — New York’s police department is to pay $17.5m (£14m) in a class action case led by two Muslim women who were forced to remove their hijabs while having mugshots taken.... Read more »