Syria Uses Familiar Tactic in Rebel Idlib: Bombing Civilians The father could hardly bear seeing his 18-month-old daughter's panic every time the Syrian government warplanes flew over their home.… 06/07/2019 Aimeast
Seaweed Could Help Produce Biodegradable Plastic Efforts to recycle discarded plastic have not reduced piles of single-use products from landfills, and China will no longer import… 06/07/2019 Aimeast
UAE, Norway, Saudi Arabia: ‘State Actor’ Likely Attacked Oil Tankers The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Norway said Thursday that a preliminary investigation into a coordinated attack on four… 06/07/2019 Aimeast
Trump Calls for Iran Talks as Allies Announce Rare Tehran Visits This article originated in VOA's Persian service. Katherine Ahn contributed from Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump has called for U.S.-Iran… 06/07/2019 Aimeast
US Commander Says Mideast Buildup Prompted Iran ‘Step Back’ The top commander of U.S. forces in the Mideast says Iran appears to have decided to "step back and recalculate"… 06/06/2019 Aimeast
State News Reports Iran’s Education Minister Has Resigned The state-run IRNA news agency is reporting that Iran's minister of education has resigned to run for a seat in… 06/06/2019 Aimeast
Russia, China Voice Support for Iran After Xi Visit to Kremlin Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping for Kremlin talks that reflected increasingly close ties between… 06/06/2019 Aimeast
Jerusalem Pride Draws Thousands of Gay Revelers and Police Thousands of people are marching through the streets of Jerusalem in the city's annual gay pride parade, a festival that… 06/06/2019 Aimeast
Burning Trash and Factories Belching Smoke Choke Iraqis As if life was not bad enough for Adnan Kadhim - he lives in a slum where municipal authorities dump… 06/06/2019 Aimeast
World Bank: Iran Likely to Suffer Worse Recession Than Previously Thought This article originated in VOA’s Persian Service. WASHINGTON —The World Bank says Iran is likely to experience an even worse… 06/05/2019 Aimeast
Sudan’s Deadly Crackdown Evokes Arab Spring Bloodshed In the Middle East, it has often begun the same way: a popular swell of street protests against long-entrenched autocrats… 06/05/2019 Aimeast
Islamic Militants Attack Police Checkpoint Outside Northern Sinai Town of el-Arish Islamic militants attacked a police checkpoint outside Egypt's northern Sinai port city of el-Arish just minutes before traditional prayers marking… 06/05/2019 Aimeast
Sudanese Protesters Spurn General’s Call for Talks Protest leaders in Sudan have rejected a proposal to negotiate with military generals, maintaining the call is insincere as security… 06/05/2019 Aimeast
US Senators Launch Bipartisan Bid to Block Saudi Arms Sales Republicans and Democrats are banding together to try and stop the Trump administration's sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia. Democratic… 06/05/2019 Aimeast
China’s Xi: Iran Tensions Worrying, Calls for Restraint A rise in tensions in the Middle East owing to U.S. pressure on Iran is worrying and all parties need… 06/05/2019 Aimeast
VOA Interview: Freedom House Report A new Freedom House report says press freedom is deteriorating worldwide. VOA's Ramon Taylor spoke to Sarah Repucci, the Senior… 06/05/2019 Aimeast
Iran Recommits to Khomeini’s ‘Resistance’ on Death Anniversary, But at What Cost? This article originated in VOA’s Persian Service. Katherine Ahn contributed from Washington. Iran has marked the 30th anniversary of the… 06/05/2019 Aimeast
Iran Vows to Keep Missile Program, Rejects US Offer to Negotiate Iran's Supreme Leader says his country will not give up its missile program after the United States said last week… 06/04/2019 Aimeast
WFP: Growing Violence Destroys Vital Crops, Farmland in NW Syria The World Food Program says escalating violence has destroyed crops and farmland in Idlib and North Hama in northwest Syria,… 06/04/2019 Aimeast
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin’s Wife Nechama Dies at 73 Nechama Rivlin, the wife of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, has died. She was 73. The president's office announced Tuesday she… 06/04/2019 Aimeast