TEHRAN, April 19 - Cuban new president , Miguel Diaz-Canel, began his term on Thursday with a promise to defend the socialist revolution led by the Castro brothers since 1959, giving a strident speech that also emphasized the need to modernize the island’s economy.
TEHRAN, April 10 -The FBI has raided the office of Michael Cohen, the lawyer of US president Donald Trump, seizing documents about a host of issues, including a 2016 payment he made to porn-star Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about allegations that she had a sexual encounter with Trump.
TEHRAN, April 06 - South Korea's disgraced former president Park Geun-hye was jailed for 24 years Friday for corruption, completing a dramatic fall from grace for the country's first woman leader who became a figure of public fury and ridicule.
TEHRAN, April 03 -Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend this month’s Boao Forum and deliver a keynote speech, the Chinese government’s top diplomat, State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, said on Tuesday.
TEHRAN, March 24 - Martin Vizcarra was sworn in as Peru's new president Friday, catapulted to the post when Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigned to avoid impeachment.
TEHRAN, March 23 - A South Korean court on Thursday approved an arrest warrant for ex-President Lee Myung-bak over a range of corruption allegations, making him the latest in a series of leaders embroiled in scandals and other problems after leaving office.
TEHRAN, March 22 - Slovak President Andrej Kiska appointed Peter Pellegrini as prime minister on Thursday to end a political crisis touched off by the murder of an investigative journalist that led to mass protests and the resignation of veteran leader Robert Fico.
TEHRAN, March 22 - Peruvian prosecutors asked a judge late on Wednesday to bar outgoing President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski from leaving the country, hours after he resigned in the face of near-certain impeachment, a judiciary source told Reuters.
TEHRAN, March 21 - Myanmar's civilian president , Htin Kyaw, has resigned with immediate effect "in order to take rest from the current duties and responsibilities", his office says.
TEHRAN, March 19 -Liu He, a key economic adviser to China’s President Xi Jinping, was elected by parliament to be a vice premier, while vice central bank governor Yi Gang was chosen to take over the helm at the People’s Bank of China (PBOC).
TEHRAN, March 12 - China has approved the removal of the two-term limit on the presidency, effectively allowing Xi Jinping to remain in power for life.
TEHRAN, March 10-US President Donald Trump says an agreement is "very much in the making" with regard to resolving the existing dispute over North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
TEHRAN, March 9 - Ukraine has charged a prisoner swap negotiator with plotting to assassinate the country’s Western-backed president as well as other officials by staging attacks on their homes and offices with mortar fire and grenades.
TEHRAN, March 6 - South Korean prosecutors have called former President Lee Myung-bak to appear for questioning over allegations he took bribes when in office, a prosecutor said on Tuesday in the latest top-level political corruption scandal to rock the country.
TEHRAN, February 27 - South Korean prosecutors on Tuesday sought a 30-year jail term for former President Park Geun-hye who was ousted last year amid an influence-peddling scandal as supporters braved the winter cold outside the Seoul court demanding her immediate release.
TEHRAN, February 17 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani expressed the country’s readiness to satisfy India’s demands for energy under long-term agreements.
TEHRAN, February 15 - Cyril Ramaphosa, a former anti-apartheid activist turned businessman, was named South Africa's president Thursday and immediately vowed to fight corruption, in a direct reference to accusations leveled against his predecessor Jacob Zuma.