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DUBAI, May 20 (Reuters) – Iran proclaimed five days of mourning for President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday, though the muted atmosphere revealed little of the spectacular public grief that has accompanied the deaths of other senior figures in the Islamic Republic’s 45-year history. While government loyalists packed into mosques and squares to pray for Raisi…
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Friday that nationality and gender are “sufficient” for an EU country to grant asylum to Afghan women, who have seen their rights stifled under Taliban rule. Since Taliban authorities seized power in Afghanistan in 2021, they have imposed an austere interpretation of Islam and progressively driven women out…
Iran’s clerical Assembly of Experts tapped Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new supreme leader amid ongoing conflict, even as the war sent global oil prices soaring past $100 a barrel. FAST FACTS Iran named Ayotollah Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of the country’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the…
The president says he has not seen the proposal, which Beijing has promised to publish in time for the 1-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion He says it is a ‘very good fact’ that China started talking about Ukraine and ‘sent some signals’ Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday he had not seen a peace plan…
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday he was ready to hold new elections in Ukraine, and that he expected to send Washington within a day revised proposals on ending the nearly four-year war with Russia. US President Donald Trump is pressuring Kyiv to accept a deal formulated by Washington, the initial version of which was…
It’s that most wonderful time of the year. April 23rd: St. George’s Day. A time to commemorate England’s patron saint and celebrate what England and the English have given the world (apart from constant apologies). Extraordinary and lasting contributions across science, technology, culture, sport, language and governance, with the nation itself often acting as a…