Withdrawal of two candidates comes ahead of snap election after death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. Two candidates in Iran’s presidential election have withdrawn from the race as campaigning ended a day ahead of the vote. Alireza Zakani, the mayor of the capital, Tehran, said on Thursday…
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki says authorities watching currency’s slide with ‘sense of urgency’. Japan has signalled it may intervene to prop up the yen after the currency fell to a 38-year low against the US dollar. Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Thursday that authorities would take action…
Shatila refugee camp, Beirut, Lebanon – Palestinians in Lebanon have watched Israel’s assault on Gaza with simmering anger and are now facing the prospect of a similar fate if Israel wages an all-out war against the Lebanese group Hezbollah. Hezbollah began engaging Israel almost immediately after the latter began its…
It is the first known test of a so-called MIRV by Pyongyang, but South Korea is questioning the claim. North Korea claims to have successfully tested a multiwarhead missile, a sophisticated weapon that would provide it with the means to overwhelm missile defences in the continental United States, after a…
Event in central city of Nottingham covered issues from health to immigration with polls afterwards suggesting a tie. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer have faced off in their final televised debate ahead of the United Kingdom election, going head-to-head over issues from health to immigration…
As the war enters its 853rd day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, June 27, 2024. Fighting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited soldiers defending the eastern front line region of Donetsk and introduced Brigadier-General Andriy Hnatov, the new joint forces commander. Hnatov’s main tasks include…
Nearly five years after the islanders of remote Bougainville voted decisively in a referendum for independence from Papua New Guinea (PNG), local frustrations are rising as the political process falters. More than 97 percent of voters in the autonomous island region of about 300,000 people, in eastern PNG, chose independence…
Kenya shaken by mass demonstrations against proposed tax hikes. It all started with peaceful protests against a finance bill tabled in Kenya’s parliament. The proposed legislation included tax increases to raise extra funds the government says it needs to pay off public debt. The protests intensified, crowds stormed the parliament…
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Regioinal organisations rally behind Bolivian government as troops and armoured vehicles gather in the capital. Soldiers have stormed Bolivia’s presidential palace in what appears to be an attempted coup d’etat, as President Luis Arce denounced the “irregular mobilisation” of the country’s army. Arce called on the armed…
British media report that the suspect is aged in his mid-20s and is a member of the main opposition Labour Party. British police have arrested a man suspected of involvement in a plot targeting lawmakers and journalists with flirtatious text messages in an effort to obtain illicit photos that could…
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