TEHRAN, July 14 -Colombia’s president -elect, Ivan Duque, named key ministers to his cabinet this week, announcing Carlos Holmes as foreign minister and Andres Valencia as agriculture minister on Friday.
TEHRAN, July 13 - Cameroon's President Paul Biya said on Friday he would run for re-election in October, aiming to extend his 36-year rule and keep his place on the roster of Africa's longest-serving leaders.
TEHRAN, July 12 - South Sudan's parliament voted on Thursday to extend President Salva Kiir's term in office until 2021, a move likely to undermine peace talks as opposition groups have said the change would be illegal.
TEHRAN, July 11 - Thousands of Zimbabwean opposition supporters took to the streets of Harare on Wednesday demanding fair elections following alleged irregularities in the electoral roll ahead of the July 30 vote.
TEHRAN, July 10 -Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday pledged a package of $20 billion in loans and $1.6 billion in financial aid to countries in the Middle East, as part of what he called an “oil and gas plus” model to revive economic growth in the region.
TEHRAN, July 08 - Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega on Saturday ruled out early elections as demanded by opposition protesters in the country where more than 220 have died in unrest since April.
TEHRAN, July 05 -Protesters demand the release of jailed Catalan leaders in front of the Lledoners prison, in the Sant Joan de Vilatorrada municipality of Catalonia, where four of them were reportedly transferred.
TEHRAN, July 03 -Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Swiss counterpart, Alain Berset, have held talks on issues of common interest and explored ways to strengthen bilateral Tehran-Bern relations in various fields.
TEHRAN, July 02 - Hundreds of Palestinians have once again expressed their complete rejection of the so-called “Deal of the Century” proposed by US President Donald Trump, demanding Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to stand firm against what they branded as the “Deal of Disgrace.”
TEHRAN, July 01 - Mexicans vote for a new president on Sunday in an election tipped to hand power to an anti-establishment outsider who would inject a new dose of nationalism into government and could sharpen divisions with Donald Trump’s United States.
TEHRAN, June 29 - Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said a hand grenade was to blame for the election rally blast that killed two people last week, state media reported Friday.
TEHRAN, June 27 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is scheduled to have a trip to Bandar Abbas on Thursday to inaugurate the second phase of the Persian Gulf Star Oil Company.
TEHRAN, June 25 -A new round of peace talks is set to start in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, with the aim of ending the bloody civil war gripping neighboring South Sudan for more than four years.
TEHRAN, June 24 - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has strongly denounced an assassination attempt on the Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa during a campaign rally in Bulawayo.
TEHRAN, June 23 - Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has survived an explosion that rocked a stadium where he was addressing a rally, his spokesman says.
TEHRAN, June 20 -Over half of respondents in a Russian poll said that they would prefer Vladimir Putin to remain in power after his current term expires in 2024, regardless of the direct constitutional ban on such move.
TEHRAN, June 19 - North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, who has traveled to the Chinese capital, was told by China's President Xi Jinping on Tuesday that Beijing is willing to play a positive role in the promotion of peace on the Korean Peninsula.
TEHRAN, June 18 -Right-wing candidate Ivan Duque, an opponent of the peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), emerges victorious in the country’s president ial runoff, prompting the ex-rebel group to demand him show “good sense” in dealing with the landmark agreement.
TEHRAN, June 16 - The Nicaraguan government and civic groups on Friday agreed to halt all violence, in a major step to end two months of political unrest that has left 170 dead and rocked the government of President Daniel Ortega.
TEHRAN, June 15 - Three South Korean former spy chiefs were sentenced to jail Friday for bribing disgraced ex- president Park Geun-hye with millions of dollars from the country's intelligence agency.