Iran believes all remaining workers have died in coal mine explosion, raising death toll to 49Iran has confirmed that the remaining workers trapped by a coal mine explosion in Tabas have died, raising the death toll to at least 49. T...
24 Sep, 2024, 06.30 PM IST
Iran's hard-line parliament approves all members of president's Cabinet, first time since 2001Iran's parliament has approved all members of President Masoud Pezeshkian's Cabinet, marking the first time in over two decades this has oc...
22 Aug, 2024, 01.36 PM IST
Iran's hard-line parliament approves all members of president's Cabinet, first time since 2001Iran's parliament approved all members of President Masoud Pezeshkian's Cabinet, a first in over two decades. Key members include Foreign M...
21 Aug, 2024, 05.50 PM IST
Iran holds runoff presidential vote pitting hard-line former negotiator against reformist lawmakerVoters face a choice between the hard-line former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and Masoud Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon and longtime parli...
05 Jul, 2024, 10.23 AM IST
Who are the candidates in Iran's presidential election?Six candidates, including five conservatives and one reformist, are set to compete in Iran's presidential election on Friday to succeed the...
26 Jun, 2024, 11.59 AM IST
What's at stake in the European Parliament election next monthEU elections are held every five years across the 27-member bloc. This year marks the 10th parliamentary election since the first polls in ...
29 May, 2024, 01.14 PM IST
After funeral, Iran's focus shifts to vote for Raisi's successorFollowing the tragic death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, Iran prepares for a pivotal election to select his successor o...
28 May, 2024, 02.20 PM IST
Thai Constitutional Court suspends PM candidate Pita LimjaroenratThailand’s Constitutional Court has suspended the Move Forward party chief Pita Limjaroenrat and forced him to leave the house in the middl...
19 Jul, 2023, 07.33 PM IST
French govt narrowly survives no-confidence vote but faces more challengesObservers say Macron's failure to find enough support in parliament to put his pension proposals to a vote has already undermined his refor...
21 Mar, 2023, 12.17 AM IST
Hijab row: Karnataka BJP makes efforts at local levels to woo Muslim womenSections of BJP legislators in Karnataka have begun a quiet outreach in their constituencies in a bid to convince Muslim women that the par...
21 Feb, 2022, 08.00 AM IST
Iran cleric Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour who founded Hezbollah, survived book bomb, diesA close ally of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Mohtashamipour in the 1970s formed alliances with Muslim militant g...
07 Jun, 2021, 03.09 PM IST
South Korea's Moon replaces PM, cabinet ministers after election defeatMoon named Kim Boo-kyum, a former interior minister and four-term lawmaker, to succeed Chung Sye-kyun as prime minister, while nominated ne...
16 Apr, 2021, 12.15 PM IST
Ensure democracy's norms maintained, protesters demonstrate peacefully: US Caucus to IndiaIndia's Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu, who regularly interacts with India Caucus members on a number of issues, had a virtual ...
08 Feb, 2021, 11.22 AM IST
Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim meets the king in bid to topple governmentMuhyiddin Yassin became premier without an election, but his coalition's support is shaky and critics accuse it of lacking legitimacy.
13 Oct, 2020, 10.51 AM IST
Japan's battered opposition picks Katsuya Okada as new leaderJapan's opposition party has picked Katsuya Okada as its new leader as it tries to recover from a disastrous showing in December's general ...
18 Jan, 2015, 04.52 PM IST
Manifesto for 2014 elections: Congress reveals its thinking on many issuesCong’ manifesto stands for everything from Sonia’s rights- and entitlements-based approach to governance and lawmaking to the reformist ins...
27 Mar, 2014, 01.29 PM IST
- Japan's Aso announces PM bid as rivals call for change
Flamboyant front-runner Taro Aso formally announced his bid to become Japan's next prime minister on Friday as younger rivals called for ge...
05 Sep, 2008, 03.24 PM IST