Iranian lawmakers on Sunday approved 16 Cabinet members nominated by recently re-elected President Hassan Rouhani, including the first defense minister unaffiliated with the elite, hard-line Revolutionary Guard in 25 years. Parliament speaker Ali Larijani said 16 of 17 proposed ministers were ...
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends an extraordinary meeting of the OIC Executive Committee in Istanbul, Turkey, August 1, 2017./ BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Iranian parliament voted on Sunday to keep the oil and foreign ministers, two of pragmatist President Hassan Rouhani's key ...
Iran's parliament has approved all but one of President Hassan Rohani's cabinet nominees, including Tehran's lead negotiator in the landmark 2015 deal to curb its nuclear activities in exchange for an easing of sanctions. Iranian lawmakers on August 20 approved 16 out of 17 of the ministers ...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani takes part in a news conference near the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 22, 2016./ BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Iranian parliament voted on Sunday to keep the oil and foreign ministers, two of pragmatist President ...
Iran's parliament has approved most of the cabinet ministers selected by the country's moderate President Hassan Rouhani for his second term. After five days of parliamentary debates on 17 proposed ministers, the parliament issued its verdict on Sunday by giving vote of confidence to 16 nominees ...
Nominee for the post of defense minister for new cabinet of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Gen. Amir Hatami arrives at the podium to defend himself in a session of parliament in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)/ Tehran: Iranian lawmakers on Sunday approved 16 ...
GARDI SUGDUB, Panama (AP) — On a tiny island off Panama’s Caribbean coast, about 300 families are packing their belongings in preparation for a dramatic change. Generations of Gunas who have grown up on Gardi Sugdub in a life dedicated to the sea and tourism will trade that next week for the ...
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted there will be no permanent ceasefire in Gaza until Hamas’s military and governing capabilities are destroyed and all hostages are released. His statement comes after US President Joe Biden announced Israel had proposed a three-stage plan to ...
US President Joe Biden said that 'it's time for this war to end'/ US President Joe Biden has urged Hamas to accept a new Israeli proposal to end the conflict in Gaza, saying that "it's time for this war to end". The three-part proposal would begin with a six-week ceasefire in which the Israel ...
This combination of photos provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows packaging for, from left, CRECELAC INFANT Powdered Goat-Milk Infant Formula with Iron 0 to 12 months, Farmalac BABY Powdered Infant Formula with Iron 0 to 12 months, and Farmalac BABY Powdered Infant Formula with ...
Some of the fiercest fighting of the war is reported to have taken place in Jabalia/ Israeli forces have pulled out of Jabalia in northern Gaza, after a three-week offensive there which saw tens of thousands of civilians flee the area. The military said "hundreds of terrorists [had been] ...
to become the world's bestselling foldable smartphone brand in the first quarter, marking the first time that the US-sanctioned Chinese giant has topped that segment, according to a consultancy report. Shenzhen-based Huawei saw its foldable smartphone shipments in the first three months of the ...
Former U.S. President Trump's criminal trial on charges of falsifying business records continues in New York/ (Reuters) - Donald Trump’s criminal conviction for illegally covering up a hush money payment to a porn star will not prevent the Republican candidate from pursuing his campaign to ...
While travel can be fun and rewarding, it can also be stressful. Sometimes, the stress starts before you even begin your trip: at the airport. With crowds and frequent flight delays, airports have become a particular source of agitation for travelers. Hitting traffic on the way to the airport or ...
Miners extract mud they hope contains gold at a gold mining site at which adults and youth work in the village of Mawero, on the outskirts of Busia town, in eastern Uganda on Oct. 18, 2021. Billons of dollars worth of gold is smuggled out of Africa each year, according to a report published ...
Smoke rises following an explosion in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near the Israel-Gaza border, as seen from Israel/ (Reuters) - Hamas said on Thursday it had told mediators it would not take part in more negotiations during ongoing ...