Masood Farivar is a Senior Analyst in VOA’s South and Central Asia Division.
Xu Jiaqiang, 31, was sentenced to five years in prison for stealing trade secrets while working for IBM from 2010 and 2014
With the Trump administration vowing to stamp out MS-13, the gang's El Salvador-based leaders have seen hundreds of members put behind bars in the United States
The number of Muslim Americans charged with, convicted of or otherwise associated with violent extremism dropped to 33 in 2017, down from 46 in 2016 and 81 in 2015, according to a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Judge rules special counsel's proposed trial date of May 14 will not give the parties enough time to examine evidence in the case
Sanctions go back decades and figuring out what sanctions have been lifted and what remain in the wake of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal requires ‘a team of lawyers,’ expert says
Group to reexamine cases stemming from Obama-era Project Cassandra that targeted Hezbollah's activities in US, world-wide
Baljinder Singh, who entered the US in 1991 without any travel papers, failed to disclose a deportation order when he applied for US citizenship
At least 1,056 hate crimes were committed last year in nation’s nine largest cities, an increase of 18 percent from 2016 levels, according to police data
Government has played down protests that started over high prices and have evolved into calls for toppling Islamic regime
From scrapping civil rights protections for transgender people to ending leniency in sentencing criminal defendants, Sessions has rolled back policies his predecessors enacted to promote civil rights and social justice
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein rebutted criticism that the special counsel's team has become compromised by anti-Trump partisans
Akayed Ullah detonated a pipe bomb in one of New York’s busiest hubs in what authorities say was an 'attempted terrorist attack' inspired by Islamic State
Akayed Ullah allegedly detonated a pipe bomb in one of New York's busiest hubs in what authorities say was an 'attempted terrorist attack' inspired by IS
FBI Director Christopher Wray's defense comes after Trump tweeted that FBI’s reputation is in 'tatters'
President Trump’s personal lawyer advances theory that president can’t obstruct justice because he’s the chief law enforcement officer
The case involves Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, who refused to design a custom cake for a gay couple's wedding in 2012
Trump's remarks come one day after Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to FBI over contacts with Russian ambassador
Michael Flynn is a target of a special counsel's probe into Russia's election meddling and possible Trump campaign ties
Companies that voluntarily disclose foreign bribery will face substantially reduced penalties and the prospect of no prosecution
Reza Zarrab has agreed to testify at trial of co-defendant as part of his guilty plea
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