BBC chairman resigns after breaching rules over loan to ex-UK PM Boris Johnson

BBC Chairman Richard Sharp resigned on Friday after an independent report found he had breached public appointment rules by not disclosing a potential conflict of interest in his role in securing a $1 million loan for the then-prime minister, Boris Johnson. His exit comes at a time of heightened political scrutiny of the British public مزید پڑھیں

Turkiye rejects ‘baseless claims’ about Erdogan’s health

Turkiye on Thursday rejected “baseless claims” about President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s health as rumors speak that he suffered a heart attack and is hospitalized, and thus just days before the elections on May 14. “We categorically reject such baseless claims regarding President Erdogan’s health. The President will attend nuclear power plant opening via videoconference,” the country’s Communications مزید پڑھیں

Iran obtains ‘fingerprints’ of enemy’s warplanes, electronic military equipment: Defense official

The chief executive officer of Iran Electronics Industries (IEI) says the country is in possession of the fingerprints of the electronic military equipment used by the enemy. Brigadier General Amir Rastegari said that the Iranian forces are using the technology that enables them to detect all the dimensions of electromagnetic waves transmitted by the enemy’s مزید پڑھیں

Member of Assembly of Experts assassinated in northern Iran

A member of Iran’s influential clerical body has been assassinated in an armed attack in the country’s northern province of Mazandaran. Ayatollah Abbasali Soleimani, a member of the Assembly of Experts and also a former representative of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchistan, مزید پڑھیں

US President Joe Biden announces 2024 re-election campaign

United States President Joe Biden has officially launched his campaign for re-election in 2024, becoming the Democratic frontrunner in a race that could pit him for a second time against Republican contender Donald Trump. Biden’s announcement in a video on Tuesday came on the fourth anniversary of the start of his first successful presidential bid. مزید پڑھیں

Countries evacuate citizens amidst raging battle in Sudan

Foreign countries have rushed to evacuate their nationals from Sudan as deadly fighting raged into a second week between forces loyal to two rival generals. According to international media reports, evacuation flights were continuing early Monday, with hundreds of people flown out overnight on military aircraft. Foreigners also fled the capital Khartoum in a long مزید پڑھیں