The Iranian President is set for taking oath today, in the presence of all the Supreme leaders of the country, including Ayatollah Khamenei and also Supreme Court Judges. This will put to rest all the allegations and the furore that happened in Iran after the June 12th election results.
The opposition leader Moulavi is insisting [...]
The Iranian Presidential elections threw a shocking result for the majority of the population, when the government declared the incumbent President Ahmedinajed as the winner. And following the unexpected results, there was unrest and turmoil and protests and killings across the major cities.
The government initially agreed for a recounting in few major towns and [...]
Obama is trying to usher in a new era for the African Americans. US President Barack Obama has told America’s oldest civil rights organisation that African Americans should take charge of their own lives.
He told the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) there were “no excuses” for minority children not to succeed. [...]
Ever heard of a priest telling his followers to have the guns? It can happen only in US.
A pastor in the US state of Kentucky told his flock to bring handguns to church in what he said was an effort to promote safe gun ownership. Pastor Ken Pagano told parishioners to bring their unloaded [...]
The man heading up an independent inquiry into MPs’ expenses has told the BBC he was “shocked” by some of the revelations in the Daily Telegraph. Sir Christopher Kelly said he had been concerned about the system “for some time” and asked to do an inquiry before Gordon Brown requested it. The Daily Telegraph [...]
The Obama administration’s agreement with Bermuda to settle four Uyghurs from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was causing a rift Friday between the United States and its strongest ally, Britain. Bermuda’s premier, Ewart Brown, calls accepting the four Uyghurs from Guantanamo Bay “a humanitarian act.”
On Friday, the U.S. Justice Department announced five other Guantanamo [...]
UK was not consulted before or even told before time on the Guantanamo deal. A senior US official has told the BBC Washington decided not to tell London ahead of time about a deal to resettle four Guantanamo detainees in Bermuda.A diplomatic row blew up over Bermuda’s decision to accept the four Chinese Muslim Uighurs [...]
The Peru clashes are drawing in protests and March fasts by thousands of irated people. Riot police in Peru have fired tear gas to keep protesters away from Congress as thousands marched following the worst political violence in years.
Confrontations between police and indigenous protesters last week led to the deaths of more than 50 people. [...]
The US foreign policy is becoming more and more interesting to watch. Now, the US seems to be leaning a lot more heavily towards palestine rather than being staunchly rooted to Israel.
As the latest initiative, the US Middle East envoy George Mitchell is due to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, a day after a [...]
A deadly car bomb has exploded in a crowded market in the southern Iraqi town of Bathaa, killing at least 32 people, say officials. Dozens of people were reported to have been injured in the mid-morning attack. The area has been the scene of fierce fighting in the past between rival Shia militia factions.
The [...]
