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Balendra Shah Thirty-five-year-old rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah will become the youngest prime minister in Nepal’s history as the vote count for the country’s parliamentary elections nears completion. With about two percent of ballots left to be counted on Wednesday, Shah’s centrist Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has secured a lead that is expected to give it control of the new parliament. Shah’s …

Mojtaba Khamenei, recently appointed as Iran’s new supreme leader, was reportedly injured but remains “safe and healthy,” according to a statement released Wednesday by the country’s president’s son. Yousef Pezeshkian, who also serves as a government advisor and is the son of President Masoud Pezeshkian, revealed this in a message posted on his Telegram channel. The statement marked the first …

A combined photo of Larijani and Trump A senior Iranian security official, Ali Larijani, has issued a warning to US President Donald Trump, rejecting his threats against Iran and warning him to “be careful not to get eliminated”. Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council and former speaker of parliament, made the observation in a post on In the …

President Lee South Korea opposes moving U.S. air defense assets out of the country but is not in a position to make demands, President Lee Jae Myung said on Tuesday. Lee informed the Cabinet that “USFK may send some air defense systems overseas in accordance with its own military needs. Although we have expressed opposition, the reality is that we …

Pope Leo Delivering his message during the Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, the Catholic Church leader described the reports coming in from Iran and the surrounding region as disturbing. His remarks came as the confrontation reached its ninth day following attacks by the United States and Israel on Iranian sites. “Alongside the violence and destruction, there are …

US President Donald Trump has issued a stark warning regarding Iran’s upcoming leadership transition, saying the country’s next supreme leader will be hard-pressed to stay in power without Washington’s approval. His remarks came as Iranian authorities prepared to publicly announce the successor to Ali Khamenei, the longtime supreme leader who was killed nine days ago when a US and Israeli …

Iran’s top diplomat firmly rejected the notion that the United States could influence the selection of his country’s next supreme leader, insisting that the decision rests entirely in the hands of the Iranian people and its institutions. Speaking on Sunday, Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, also demanded that US President Donald Trump apologize for the conflict that erupted following recent …

An explosion hit the entrance to the United States embassy in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, early Sunday, prompting a massive response from emergency services. Authorities said no injuries were reported. According to Norwegian police, emergency crews were sent to the scene at around 01:00 local time (00:00 GMT) after reports of an explosion at the embassy building. The diplomatic mission …

President Donald Trump on Saturday denied U.S. involvement in a strike that killed more than 165 people at a girls’ elementary school in southern Iran, instead placing the blame on Iran. On Saturday, when asked aboard Air Force One whether the United States conducted the Feb. 28 attack, Trump responded, without evidence: “No, in my opinion, based on what I …

The United States has imposed visa restrictions targeting Rwandan officials accused of sponsoring M23 rebels and undermining peace in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The State Department, in a statement on Saturday, said visa restrictions had been imposed on several senior Rwandan officials for “fueling instability” in eastern DRC. “By continuing to support M23 and violating the Washington …