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Iran's hard-line parliament approved moderate reformist Masud Pezeshkian's 19-member Cabinet, accepting the entire slate of ministers without a change for the first time since 2001.

Iran's parliament gave a "vote of confidence" to President Masoud Pezeshkian's proposed ministers on Wednesday, officially establishing his government.

After five working days and 10 open sessions of Iranian lawmakers to review the backgrounds, qualifications and plans of the proposed ministers, 19 cabinet ministers of the 14th government were determined by the full vote of confidence of the members of the parliament.

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has said that the racist Zionist regime is the root cause of threat to the regional and international peace and security.

Iran's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York has said that the Islamic Republic's response to Israel's assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh will be carried out in a way to ensure that it "occurs at a moment of maximum surprise."

Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations says the Islamic Republic will carefully plan the timing and manner of its response to the Israeli assassination of Hamas's political leader Ismail Haniyeh to ensure "maximum surprise" and "deterrence" are achieved.

Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations has said the country is to respond to the Israeli regime's assassination of Hamas's senior leader, which took place inside the Islamic Republic last month, in a time and manner that would take the regime "by surprise."

Iran says it will take its time in its response to the July 31 killing in Tehran of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of the U.S.- and EU-designated Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Offshore Patrol Vessel Sujay, with an integral helicopter, on August 21, 2024, made a port call at Jakarta, Indonesia for a two-day visit, as part of its ongoing overseas deployment to East Asia

Admiral Marcos Sampaio Olsen, Commander of Brazilian Navy is on an official visit to India from 19 to 24 Aug 24

In a major push towards indigenisation of critical Marine Engineering equipment of the Indian Navy

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy recently held a joint naval exercise with the Egyptian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea, with observers on Wednesday highlighting the PLA Navy's strides toward blue water operations and the deepening of friendships with its foreign counterparts.

The US' constant hyping of the "China nuclear threat" theory is a convenient pretext for the US to shirk its obligation of nuclear disarmament, expand its own nuclear arsenal and seek absolute strategic predominance, a spokesperson from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday, after US media reported President Joe Biden has approved a highly classified nuclear strategic plan that, for the first

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Press freedom in Hong Kong has fallen to its lowest point since an annual survey of the city's journalists began 11 years ago amid fears it will weaken still further in the wake of Article 23 security legislation passed in March.

Two Chinese ministries on Tuesday set the second batch of 2024 rare-earth mining output quotas at 135,000 tons, taking the total so far this year to a new high of 270,000 tons.

On August 20, 2024, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for Western Hemisphere Affairs Ms. Jana Nelson chaired the 7th U.S.-Brazil Strategic Defense Talks with Rear Admiral Fernando De Luca Marques de Oliveira, Chief, International Affairs Section, Brazilian Ministry of Defense. The meeting took place at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.

The President visited the Russian University of Special Forces in Gudermes. He inspected the training complex, observed classes, and briefly talked to commanders of special units, instructors, and volunteers being trained there.

The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22) left San Diego, Aug. 14, for Sasebo, Japan.