Lebanese President Says PM Hariri Phoned to Resign From Riyadh
Lebanese President Michel Aoun’s office said on Saturday that Saad al-Hariri had phoned him “from outside Lebanon” to resign as the country’s prime minister and that Aoun awaited Hariri’s return to hear the “circumstances of the resignation”. Saad Hariri resigned from his post Saturday during a trip to Saudi Arabia in a surprise move that […]
Iranian, Austrian Presidents Discuss Closer Ties in All Areas
TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Austrian counterpart, Alexander Van der Bellen, exchanged views about a range of issues, including ways to boost bilateral relations between Tehran and Vienna in diverse fields. In their meeting held in New York on Monday evening on the sidelines of the 72nd regular session of the United […]
Halimah Yacob Formally Elected Singapore’s First Woman President
TEHRAN – Halimah Yacob, a former speaker of parliament, was declared elected as Singapore’s first woman president on Wednesday, after the returning officer announced she was the sole candidate to qualify for the contest. Aiming to strengthen a sense of inclusivity in the multicultural city-state, Singapore had decreed the presidency, a largely ceremonial post, would […]