Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday responded to demonstrations at the country’s economic crisis by calling for dialogue with the protesters, while the security forces warned of possible widespread unrest. “I have instructed the interior minister to engage in dialogue with representatives of the protest movement and consider their demands,” Pezeshkian wrote on X. He…
Iran faces a water crisis amid its worst drought in at least six decades. Reservoirs in the country’s capital have dipped to historically low levels. One of the five major dams that helps supply water to over 10 million people in Tehran has nearly run dry. Overnight water rationing has begun there, and government officials…
TANZANIA – World leaders begin convening Monday at one of the most volatile moments in the United Nations’ 80-year history, and the challenges they face are as dire as ever if not more so: unyielding wars in Gaza and Ukraine, escalating changes in the U.S. approach to the world, hungry people everywhere and technologies that…
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Beijing will roll out the red carpet for more than two dozen world leaders at two major, defense-related events in the coming week. The guest lists, including notable omissions, are a window into China’s ambitions, alliances and continued attempts to expand its influence. The two events are the annual summit of…
The attack took place during a meeting between senior Iranian government officials in Tehran, including the president, and according to the report, several other participants were also injured. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was lightly injured during an Israeli attack on Tehran on June 16, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-affiliated Fars News Agency reported on Sunday. The…
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan condemned U.S. President Donald Trump for bombing Iran, less than 24 hours after saying he deserved a Nobel Peace Prize for defusing a recent crisis with India. Relations between the two South Asian countries plummeted after a massacre of tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir in April. The nuclear-armed rivals stepped closer to…