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21.05.2024 16:21 The death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi sets in motion a scramble to replace him in short order, with long-term implications for the clerical establishment.

21.05.2024 16:21 Even as Iran declared a period of mourning following the deaths of President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and others in a helicopter crash, the country moved forward and set June 28 as the date for an election to determine Raisi's successor.

21.05.2024 16:21 As Iran's Islamist rulers observe five days of mourning for the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a Sunday helicopter crash in the country's northwest, many Iranians who oppose the Islamic Republic have been celebrating Raisi's demise at home, abroad and on social media.

21.05.2024 16:21 The United States expressed its condolences Monday for the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and others who were killed in a helicopter crash.

21.05.2024 16:21 The United States government's attempts to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from Britain on charges of espionage took another legal twist Monday, as a British court ruled he must be given the right to a full appeal against the order on freedom of speech grounds.

21.05.2024 16:21 Today, May 20, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued an enforcement alert outlining the urgent cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities to community drinking water systems and the steps these systems need to take to comply with the Safe Drinking Water Act.

21.05.2024 16:21 Armed ethnic Chin rebels have captured the town of Cikha in northwestern Myanmar near the border with India in the latest setback for the military junta.

21.05.2024 16:21 Explanation of Vote by UK Political Coordinator Fergus Eckersley at the UN Security Council meeting on non-proliferation.

21.05.2024 16:21 Taiwan will continue engaging with democratic countries around the world as it works to bolster its defense capabilities under a "four-pillar plan" for peace, President Lai Ching-te said on Monday in his inaugural address.

21.05.2024 16:21 President Lai Ching-te called on Beijing to acknowledge Taiwan's government and engage in dialogue with Taipei in his inaugural address on Monday, saying that both sides are responsible for promoting peace in the Taiwan Strait.

21.05.2024 16:21 The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Monday he is applying for arrest warrants for two Israeli government officials, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and three Hamas leaders.

21.05.2024 16:21 The current situation in the Taiwan Straits is complicated and severe because the Democratic Progressive Party stubbornly adheres to the separatist stance of "Taiwan independence" and refuses to acknowledge the 1992 Consensus, which embodies the one-China principle. It also colludes with external forces in provocations over "Taiwan independence," Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said on Monday.

21.05.2024 16:21 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here Monday that the one-China principle is what underpins peace across the Taiwan Strait.

21.05.2024 16:21 Zhang Ming, secretary-general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization , highlighted the one-China principle when commenting on the new leader of the Taiwan region taking office on Monday.

21.05.2024 16:21 Kim Jong Un , president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, sent a message of condolence to Mohammad Mokhber, first vice-president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, on May 20.