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 ...
A former Boston Red Sox pitcher was recently arrested in an undercover child predator sting after authorities say he solicited an underage girl for sex and then traveled to meet her. Austin Maddox, 33, of Jacksonville, Florida, is charged with traveling to meet after using a computer to solicit ...
SYDNEY (AP) — The Australian and New Zealand governments announced Tuesday they were sending planes to evacuate their nationals from confirmed Australia had received clearance from French authorities for two flights to evacuate citizens and other tourists from New Caledonia amid violent unrest ...
Scottie Scheffler reacts to his chip to the green on the fourth hole during the third round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Valhalla Golf Club, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)/ LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky court has postponed pro golfer ...
Play video ICC Seeks Arrest Warrants For Netanyahu And Hamas Leaders from BBC News/ ICC Seeks Arrest Warrants For Netanyahu And Hamas Leaders/ More international reaction to the ICC's announcement now, this time from the UK prime minister. A spokesperson for Rishi Sunak says the ICC prosecutor's ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Rescuers on Monday found a helicopter that was carrying , the country’s foreign minister and other officials that had apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran the day before, though “no sign of life” was detected, state media reported. As ...
BEIRUT (AP) — The apparent crash of a helicopter carrying Iran's president and foreign minister on Sunday sent shock waves around the region. Details remained scant in the hours after the incident, and it was unclear if Iranian President/ WHO WAS ON BOARD THE HELICOPTER AND WHERE WERE THEY ...
Play video Iran’s President & Foreign Minister Dead from BBC News/ With updates from BBC Persian and Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet./ What do we know about the helicopter that crashed?/ A British Bell 212 being flown by the Army Air Corps in 2010 Image caption: A British Bell 212 ...
I actually keep it on a piece of paper in the kitchen drawer. I haven't made any additions in some time, as there's a high bar to get on the list, and I am 99.99% of the time a happy person — who wants to spend their time labelling people the worst? There is no set formula to landing on my list. ...
With the Fed holding benchmark rates steady, inventory shortages and elevated home prices are expected to continue./ At the beginning of the year, housing experts and homebuyers looked forward to better buying conditions — interest rates were poised to drop, a shift expected to free up inventory ...
Disability Rights UK has said extending fraud detection to bank accounts could lead to a situation comparable to the Horizon IT debacle./ Supporters of Disabled People Against Cuts and Winvisible protest against deaths caused by benefit cuts and sanctions at the Department for Work and Pensions ...