Iran plans to improve medical services by limiting the number of women who are admitted to medical schools. But the cure could be worse than the disease./ Iranians have gone online to vent their frustration at the government after it slashed state subsidies on gasoline, a move that has seen the ...
Iran announced petrol price hikes as high as 75 percent to take immediate effect Friday, in a long-awaited attempt to regulate energy prices in the country's flatlining, sanctions-hit economy./ The increases, which took effect at midnight, are part of the second phase of government plans to ...
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has cut a portion of its gasoline subsidies, nearly doubling some prices at the pump as part of a second round of cuts delayed since 2012. Friday’s move will test public support for moderate President Hassan Rouhani in a nation battered by inflation and economic sanctions ...
Iran has cut a portion of its gasoline subsidies, nearly doubling some prices at the pump as part of a second round of cuts delayed since 2012. Friday's move will test public support for moderate President Hassan Rouhani in a nation battered by inflation and economic sanctions imposed over ...
Iran, which is home to some of the world's cheapest gas, plans a price increase./ Prices will remain low by global standards, but for citizens here, the skyrocketing price at the pump in relation to the value of their national currency, the rial, is shocking. When Iranians paid 800 rials in ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has cut a portion of its gasoline subsidies, nearly doubling some prices at the pump as part of a second round of cuts delayed since 2012. Friday's move will test public support for moderate President Hassan Rouhani in a nation battered by inflation and economic ...
More than 814 million people — a number larger than the population of Europe — are eligible to vote in the world’s biggest democratic exercise./ * No unrest reported at the pumps (Updates after prices change) DUBAI, April 24 (Reuters) - Gasoline prices in Iran leapt by up to 75 percent at ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state television is reporting that the country will cut gasoline subsidies, part of a second round of subsidy cuts delayed since 2012. The report Thursday night said the subsidy cut would begin Friday. State television said each car on the road would see its monthly, ...
Iranians have rushed to gas stations to fill their cars before a price surge expected at midnight on Thursday, as President Hassan Rouhani pushes ahead with a policy to cut fuel subsidies. The new prices of subsidized petrol, diesel and compressed natural gas (CNG) have not been announced, but ...
Iranians have rushed to gas stations to fill their cars before a price surge expected at midnight on Thursday, as President Hassan Rouhani pushes ahead with a policy to cut fuel subsidies. The new prices of subsidized petrol, diesel and compressed natural gas (CNG) have not been announced, but ...
Iran cut a portion of fuel subsidies on Friday, nearly doubling some prices at the pump as part of a second round of cuts delayed since 2012./ The dramatic measure, which went into effect at midnight, will test public support for moderate President Hassan Rouhani in a nation battered by ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran will cut a portion of its gasoline subsidies beginning Friday, nearly doubling some prices at the pump as part of a second round of cuts delayed since 2012, state television reported Thursday. Under the new pricing scheme, state television said each car on the road would ...
Iranians have reportedly started storing gasoline in their homes. Bijan Haj Mohammadreza, head of Iran's Gas Station Owners Union, said that the upcoming price hike has forced people to store gasoline while it is still being provided at the previous price. As part of the second phase of subsidy ...
Iran increased the prices of semi-subsidized and free market gasoline as part of the implementing the second phase of subsidy reform plan. National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) announced on April 24 that as of midnight (April 25) semi-subsidized gasoline will be ...
An Egyptian soldier standing guard in a watch tower, seen from the Gaza city of Rafah (file image)/ Israel's military says it has taken control over a strategic zone along the border between Gaza and Egypt, known as the Philadelphi Corridor. A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said ...
The World No. 1 is free of all charges stemming from a confrontation outside Valhalla Golf Club on May 17./ Louisville officials have dropped all charges against on May 17. The dismissal of charges brings to a close one of the strangest incidents in a bizarre era for men's golf. Jefferson County ...
Russian President Putin inspects an exercise to test delivering a massive retaliatory nuclear strike, via a video link from Moscow/ (Reuters) - A senior member of a Russian think tank whose ideas sometimes become government policy has suggested Moscow consider a "demonstrative" nuclear explosion ...
More than a million Palestinians have fled Rafah since the start of the Israeli military operation in the city three weeks ago/ A senior Israeli official has said he expects the war against Hamas in Gaza to continue for at least the rest of this year. "We are expecting another seven months of ...
After a price adjustment, Collier County will move ahead with the purchase of nearly 2,250 acres near Lake Trafford in Immokalee. On Tuesday, county commissioners unanimously agreed to pay $20.77 million for the land. The decision came after the sellers accepted a lesser offer, saving a few ...
Comedian Bill Maher clashed with Jewish actress and over whether the current rise in antisemitism comes mostly from the left or the right in the United States. Bernhard, who discussed the topic with Maher during a of his "Club Random" podcast, argued that antisemitism has been spreading thanks ...
The rise in executions in Iran has given rise to protests around the world/ The number of executions recorded globally in 2023 was the highest for eight years, as some Middle Eastern states sharply increased their use of the death penalty, Amnesty International says. A total of 1,153 people are ...
The US does not believe Israel has launched a full-scale invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza, White House spokesman John Kirby has said. He spoke hours after Israeli forces reached the centre of the city and reportedly seized a strategically important hill overlooking the nearby border with Egypt ...
) — We now know the cause of death for the Ponchatoula police officer who died while on duty on Tuesday, May 28. Ponchatoula Police Chief Bry Layrisson said police and fire departments responded to a Rouses Supermarket around 10 a.m. after someone reported an unresponsive officer./ He said the ...
ICJ president Nawaf Salam (centre) stands during a ruling over the situation in Rafah/ The UN's top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), issued a ruling last week on Israel's military offensive in Rafah. It was the latest pronouncement by the court in a case brought by South Africa, ...