TEHRAN, May 21-Lebanese President Michel Aoun says even though the country’s economy is in the doldrums, economic reforms and austerity measures envisioned in the 2019 state budget will help the economic future look certain.
TEHRAN, May 21-Thousands of soldiers have fanned out across Jakarta after the surprise early announcement of official results in Indonesia's election showed Joko Widodo re-elected leader of the world's third-biggest democracy.
TEHRAN, May 21-Bolivian President Evo Morales has censured the United States for its aggressive rhetoric against Iran, saying Washington’s recent military buildup in the region is an attempt to boost its military industry.
TEHRAN, May 21 - Indonesia's Joko Widodo won another term as president of the world's third-biggest democracy, official results showed Tuesday, after his rival Prabowo Subianto, a retired general, alleged widespread cheating.
TEHRAN, May 20 - Police used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse protesters who had taken to the streets in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, to demand the resignation of President Jovenel Moise on Saturday.
TEHRAN, May 20 - Ukrainian TV star Volodymyr Zelenskiy was sworn in Monday as the country's new president , promised to stop the war in the east against Russian-backed separatists and immediately dissolved parliament, which he has branded as a group only interested in self-enrichment.
TEHRAN, May 19 -Hundreds in Haiti took to the streets of the capital Port-au-Prince on Saturday to demand the resignation of the U.S.-backed President Jovenel Moise.
TEHRAN, May 15 - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged Wednesday to use his victory in last week's election to impose faster reforms to boost the economy and turn around Eskom, the state's ailing power company.
TEHRAN, May 01 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has signed into law new legislation designed to counter America's designation of IRGC as a terrorist organization.
TEHRAN, Apr 25 -Former Vice President Joe Biden, a moderate Democrat who has made his appeal to the disaffected working-class voters who deserted the party in 2016 a key part of his political identity, is set to launch his third run for the White House on Thursday.
TEHRAN, Apr 23 - Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson congratulated the Ukrainian nation on holding the country’s president ial elections successfully and president -elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy on his landslide victory.
TEHRAN, Apr 23 -Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Tuesday secured veteran leader Nursultan Nazarbayev’s backing to run in the June 9 snap president ial election, virtually guaranteeing Tokayev’s victory.
TEHRAN, Apr 22 - Egyptians have taken to the polls for a third and final day of voting on constitutional changes that would extend President Abdul Fattah el-Sisi's rule until 2030.
EHRAN, Apr 21 - Ukrainians began voting on Sunday in an election expected to thrust a comedian with no prior political experience into the presidency of a country at war and hungry for change.
TEHRAN, Apr 18 - Indonesian President Joko Widodo says he's the winner of the country's president ial election with preliminary results showing he received 54% of the vote.
TEHRAN, Apr 17 -President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Tuesday that France would rebuild the fire-devastated Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, saying he hoped the work would be done in five years and the French people would pull together to repair their national symbol.
TEHRAN, Apr 14 - Tunisia’s ruling party Nidaa Tounes on Saturday elected two leaders, one of them the president ’s son, in two parallel congresses, deepening the division that has hit the party in recent years.
TEHRAN, Apr 12 - A Sudanese army official says the military authorities will not extradite deposed President Omar al-Bashir but will try him at home, before the nation.
TEHRAN, Apr 09 - Algeria’s parliament appointed its upper house chairman as interim president following the resignation of ailing Abdelaziz Bouteflika in the face of weeks of mass demonstrations against his rule.