EAM Jaishankar to visit UAE for high-level talks today
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM), S Jaishankar, will visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday, marking a significant diplomatic engagement...
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Kuwaiti Emir appoints new crown prince
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Kuwait City, June 2 (IANS) Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has issued a decree to appoint Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah as the Crown...
Carrying forward PM Modi’s vision, over 7,000 historical diaspora documents digitised in Oman
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New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) In alignment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to strengthen diaspora connections and preserve shared heritage, the National Archives of...
Ghalibaf re-elected Speaker of Iranian Parliament
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Tehran, May 28 (IANS/DPA) The former general and current Iranian Parliamentary Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has been re-elected to head the Islamic Consultative Assembly. A...
Iran to hold presidential election on June 28
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Tehran, May 21 (IANS) Iran’s government has decided that the country’s 14th presidential election will be held on June 28, the media reported. The election...
Iran’s Khamenei approves Mohammad Mokhber as acting President, declares 5-day mourning
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Tehran, May 20 (IANS/DPA) Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has named First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber as acting president in the wake of Ebrahim...
PM Modi ‘deeply concerned’ at Iran President’s helicopter incident
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New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed his “deep concern” at Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter going missing after making...
Iran’s Cabinet holds emergency session after President Raisi’s helicopter crash
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Tehran, May 20 (IANS/DPA) The Iranian Cabinet has convened for an emergency meeting in light of the helicopter accident involving President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign...
Iran President Raisi’s fate unclear after helicopter ‘hard landing’, rescue teams rush to spot
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Tehran, May 20 (IANS) A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and several other senior leaders, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, was missing in the...
Tehran open to talks with Washington: Iran Foreign Policy Adviser
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Tehran, May 14 (IANS/DPA) Iran has shown itself to be open to direct talks with the US and appears to be ready for a change...
Iran hails progress in cooperation with Saudi Arabia
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Tehran, May 13 (IANS) Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has hailed the success in the expansion of cooperation between Tehran and Riyadh following their normalisation...
India and Oman to jointly undertake research on sharks and rays in Arabian Sea
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Kochi, May 10 (IANS) A joint initiative between India and Oman to boost research and conservation of sharks and rays in the Arabian Sea will...