TEHRAN, March 13 - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's government moved closer to collapse on Monday after his junior coalition partner called for early elections amid a political crisis sparked by the killing of a journalist.
TEHRAN, March 6-Surprisingly strong spending by Australia’s government provided a much-needed lift to economic growth last quarter, helping offset the drag from weather-dampened exports and extending the country’s 26-year run without recession.
TEHRAN, March 5 - Italian center-right leader Silvio Berlusconi aims to strengthen a center-right coalition which won the most seats at a national election in Sunday in order to form a government , his party said in a statement on Monday.
TEHRAN, February 14 -The government in Egypt has arrested the country’s former anti-graft chief, who had threatened to publish purportedly damaging information on President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ahead of the presidential election next month.
TEHRAN, February 2 -Tensions ran high in the Maldives on Friday after a shock Supreme Court decision to clear an exiled former president and eight other convicted political dissidents triggered overnight clashes between police and opposition activists.
TEHRAN, January 23 -A historian determined to blow the lid on the UK government ’s shady international dealings is releasing hundreds of declassified documents on an online database. “The British public has little idea what has been done.
TEHRAN, January 23 -US President Donald Trump says Democrats have surrendered in the fight over the government shutdown, after they joined Republicans in reopening the government that forced hundreds of thousands of workers to stay at home without pay.
TEHRAN, January 22 -Hundreds of thousands of federal workers will wake up on Monday with the U.S. government still shut down and the Senate expected to try again to restore federal funding, if only temporarily, and work on resolving a dispute over immigration.
TEHRAN, January 16 - US President Donald Trump preemptively blamed Democrats for the prospect of a government shutdown, pointing to party leaders’ demands regarding an immigration deal just four days before funding is set to run out.
TEHRAN, January 12 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) agreed after all-night talks on Friday to a blueprint for formal coalition negotiations, party sources said, bolstering prospects for an end to months of political uncertainty.
TEHRAN, January 6 - The Iranian Parliament's General Director for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that people’s alertness foiled enemy’s plots and urged government officials to fulfill their public duty so that the enemy cannot infiltrate the country.
TEHRAN, December 8 - The South Korean government has allocated the first $310,000 to its newly created “decapitation unit,” which, in the event of war with Pyongyang, will be tasked with neutralizing its leadership and sabotaging crucial military facilities, local media report.
TEHRAN, December 8 -The U.S. Congress moved rapidly on Thursday to send President Donald Trump a short-term funding bill to avert a government shutdown this weekend, leaving fights over budget priorities and a range of other controversial issues for the coming weeks.
TEHRAN, November 29 - The Czech center-left government of Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka stepped down on Wednesday, making way for billionaire Andrej Babis, who won an election last month, to take power in time for an EU summit in December.
TEHRAN, November 27 -South African government bonds weakened on Monday after S&P Global ratings on Friday downgraded the country’s local currency debt to sub-investment grade, while Moody’s placed the country on review for downgrade.
TEHRAN, November 20 - Chancellor Angela Merkel was left battling for political survival Monday after high-stakes talks to form a new government collapsed, plunging Germany into a crisis that could trigger fresh elections.
TEHRAN, November 11 -Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he would not call a general election after a citizenship crisis claimed another member of parliament on Saturday, leaving his government clinging to power with the support of two independents.
TEHRAN, October 30 -Somalia's government has removed the country's chief of intelligence and police commissioner, a day after an attack in the capital, Mogadishu, claimed more than 25 lives.
TEHRAN, October 29 -Catalan police chief, Josep Lluis Trapero, has officially resigned after the government in Madrid ordered his dismissal. In a two-page resignation letter, the commander urged his colleagues to show loyalty to the new Madrid-appointed chief of the Mossos d'Esquadra.