The country heads for a run-off election as no candidate was able to secure more than half of the votes. There's been only one runoff presidential election in Iran's history: in 2005, when hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad bested former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Paraguay and Argentina reached an understanding regarding the Paraná-Paraguay River Waterway after Foreign Ministers Rubén Ramírez Lezcano and Diana Mondino gathered in Asunción on the sides of the Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly.
Turnout in the snap election, in which Iranians are choosing a president after the last died in a helicopter crash last month, appears to have hit a historic low.
"Companies are signing over 20 new deals or MoUs with Egyptian partners, which are worth over 40 billion euros," the European Commission president said.
A United Nations agency said it has discovered five bombs in a wall of Mosul's iconic Al-Nuri mosque, planted years ago by Islamic State group jihadists, during restoration work in the northern Iraqi city. Five "large-scale explosive devices, designed to trigger a massive
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Former President Trump is ramping up his efforts in Virginia in a sign that Republicans are viewing the state as winnable in November. While President Biden headed to battleground North Carolina for his post-debate rally, Trump traveled to Chesapeake, Va., to share the stage
ATLANTA — Never before has a debate transformed a presidential race so utterly. The idea of replacing President Biden as his party’s 2024 nominee has become Topic A in national politics; former President Trump has advanced from a slight to heavy favorite in November’s election;
The Supreme Court has broadly expanded the power of judges at the expense of federal agencies with a pair of decisions this week, and it could be poised to do so again next week. Altogether, its actions to transfer authority from agencies to the judiciary could curtail a wide
An asteroid the size of a football stadium will thread the needle between Earth and the moon Saturday morning — the second of two astronomical near misses in three days. Near miss, in this case, is a relative term: Saturday’s asteroid, 2024 MK, will come within 180,000 miles of
The question on many Democrats’ minds: Now what? Democrats were reeling from the presidential debate where they saw President Biden not only do poorly but bomb what was supposed to be a narrative-defining moment. And with the threat of a second Donald Trump presidency looming,
Sidra Medicine in Qatar is one of the world's leading hospitals for women and children. CEO Doctor Iyabo Tinubu-Karch is paving the way for a new way to care for the sickest patients. Her vision for personalised healthcare is inspiring clinicians and civil society alike.
The economy in South America's largest country is taking a shaky turn as Friday's figures would indicate. The exchange rate between the local real (R$) and the US dollar (US$) went up 15.15% over the past six months, closing at US$ 1 = R$ 5.58 while the Stock market fell 0.32%
The 54th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) concluded Friday in the Paraguayan capital with the Declaration of Asunción, a document promoting the elimination of violence against women and girls, the fight against climate change, and the fight against
The ten Ukrainian prisoners, two of them monks, were reunited with their families at Kyiv's international airport.
“Trans Memoria” director Victoria Verseau is ready for “Trans Love.” The second part of the planned trilogy about her transition, it will be a fictionalized take on the life-changing trip she took in her twenties. “I decided to go on a road trip in the U.S. and hitchhike for
Angela Richardson accuses campaigners against polluted water of putting Conservative MPs in danger The Conservative party deputy chair Angela Richardson called the sewage crisis a “political football” and claimed opposition parties and activists had put Tory MPs in physical
Iran's sole reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian and ultraconservative Saeed Jalili have qualified for a runoff presidential election after leading in the first round, an official said on Saturday. Pezeshkian got more than 10,400,000 votes and Jalili, a former nuclear
Iran's sole reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian and ultraconservative Saeed Jalili are leading in snap presidential elections, according to early results on Saturday from the Interior Ministry. According to the latest count, Pezeshkian has won more than 8,300,000 votes and
A poster for the upcoming French elections has got us thinking about the resistance anthem 'Bella ciao' - its history, its versatility, its borderless influence.
Swedish artist Victoria Verseau, born in 1988 and based in Stockholm, explores themes such as body, memory, identity and social structures via a range a media, from sculptures and installations to performance art and short films. “The works are often based on her personal
Thanks to the Tesla Cybertruck’s never-ending string of issues , we finally get a look at exactly how many electric pickups Tesla has sold. Read more...
Giant spiky cacti tower over farmer Alcides Peixinho Nascimento, 70, one of the residents of Brazil's unique Caatinga biome who is on a mission to plant native vegetation in a bid to halt desertification.
Two NASA astronauts will stay longer at the International Space Station as engineers troubleshoot problems on Boeing's new space capsule that cropped up on the trip there.
Israel's war on Gaza has killed 37,834 people, wounded a further 86,858 wounded, and left much of the enclave in rubble and under conditions of famine.
Hossam Zaki, assistant secretary-general of the Arab League, and Hezbollah parliamentary chief Mohammed Raad spoke for about one-and-a-half hours.
Community requires individuals to have the option of speaking up. If we’re in this together, we ought to be able to chime in. But while every member of the community can speak out, the ones that are heard also have something useful to say. Being informed is a requirement to be
Judges rule evidence was "not sufficient" in the trial that took testimony from 27 witnesses.
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As Ukrainian contemporary culture today battles an existential threat, a London exhibition explores how modernism in Ukraine flourished against the turbulent political backdrop of the early 20th century.
