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Hungary's opposition surfs grassroots wave ahead of key election
AFP, Published on 03/04/2026
» JáSZFéNYSZARU — Like many of her fellow volunteers, Hungarian beautician Krisztina Menczel sat idle in the past elections that kept nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban in power.
Myanmar's Min Aung Hlaing: The general who made himself president
Reuters, Published on 03/04/2026
» NAY PYI TAW - His name was not on the ballot, neither did his photographs appear on campaign posters. But one man loomed large over the general election held in Myanmar in December and January: junta chief Min Aung Hlaing.
US lifts sanctions on Iranian oil at sea
Reuters, Published on 21/03/2026
» The Trump administration has waived sanctions on the purchase of Iranian oil at sea for 30 days in its latest attempt to ease oil prices that have been driven up by the US-Israeli war on Iran.
Khamenei's son takes charge as Iran war sends oil price soaring
AFP, Published on 09/03/2026
» TEHRAN - Iran marked the appointment of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to replace his father as its new supreme leader with a barrage of missiles against Israel and the Gulf on Monday, as the war sent oil prices soaring.
Iran hits Kurdish groups in Iraq as conflict widens
AFP, Published on 05/03/2026
» TEHRAN - Fresh blasts were reported in Iran’s capital on Thursday as Tehran said it had targeted Kurdish groups in Iraq and warned “separatist groups” against action in the widening war.
Iran's supreme leader gone, but opposition still at war with itself
AFP, Published on 05/03/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - The US and Israel began their war on Iran by killing its most powerful figure and exhorting Iranians to seize the moment for change, but a fractured opposition and unclear American aims leave the future leadership of a post-clerical Iran an open question.
Iran will not 'automatically' fall after Khamenei's death, shah's widow tells AFP
AFP, Published on 04/03/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei's death is "historically significant" but will not "automatically" lead to the fall of the Iranian system, the widow of the country's last shah told AFP in an interview on Tuesday.
Iran vows revenge for slain supreme leader despite Trump threat
AFP, Published on 01/03/2026
» TEHRAN - Iranian top officials vowed Sunday to avenge their slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and declared a new wave of strikes on US bases in the Gulf, defying US President Donald Trump's threat of an unprecedented escalation in force.
Music, mourning after Iran's Khamenei killed
AFP, Published on 01/03/2026
» PARIS - Cheers in Tehran. Retaliation and mourning announced by Iran. Protests erupting in some parts of the Muslim world, celebrations in others.
Newsmaker: Pragmatist Larijani the new power broker in Iran
Ahmed Elimam of Reuters, Published on 01/03/2026
» Veteran Iranian politician Ali Larijani, who said on Sunday a temporary leadership council would be set up after an air strike killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reemerged last year as one of the most powerful figures in the security hierarchy.