Iran has opened a five-day registration period Thursday for candidates who want to run in the June 28 presidential election.All candidates ultimately must be approved by Iran’s 12-member Guardian Council, a panel of clerics and jurists ultimately overseen by Khamenei. Iran’s previous president, Ebrahim Raisi, died in a helicopter crash on…

Traumatized survivors of the massive landslide in Papua New Guinea have been slow to relocate to safer areas due to concerns about triggering another landslide.Government and army officials are assessing the stability of the debris, with Australian and New Zealand experts expected to join them.The United Nations estimates 670 deaths…

The European Union delegation in South Sudan has denied reports that it is working to delay elections in the country as was alleged by President Salva Kiir.Deputy Head of the EU Delegation Lothar Jaschke said Thursday that his group is fully supporting an environment to enable elections, a constitution and…

The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Uganda’s parliamentary speaker, her husband and several other officials over corruption and serious abuses of human rights.Parliament Speaker Anita Among was sanctioned “due to involvement in significant corruption tied to her leadership” of Uganda’s national assembly, the U.S. State Department said.ACTIVISTS SEEK…

President Biden has given the green light for Ukraine to use American-made weapons to strike inside Russia, marking a major reversal of policy, Fox News has confirmed. A senior U.S. official confirmed that President Biden has signed off on the Ukrainians’ use of U.S. long-range weapons near the city of Kharkiv…

Lava continued to spurt from a volcano in southwestern Iceland on Thursday but the activity had calmed significantly from when it erupted a day earlier.The eruption Wednesday was the fifth and most powerful since the volcanic system near Grindavik reawakened in December after 800 years, gushing record levels of lava…

Nearly a dozen politicians took to the debate stage in Hungary’s capital Thursday to make their pitch to Hungarian voters ahead of European Parliament elections. Outside, protesters demonstrated against the public broadcaster that hosted the event.The debate, between the leaders of 11 party lists running in the June 9 elections,…

Billons of dollars in gold is smuggled out of Africa each year and most of it ends up in the United Arab Emirates, where it is refined and sold to customers around the world, according to a report published Thursday.Over $30 billion worth of gold, or more than 435 metric…

Kenyan President William Ruto said Thursday the cost of hiring a private jet for his state visit to the U.S. last week was $76,000 as opposed to the $1.2 million reported by Kenyan media outlets.Ruto said some friends offered him a cheaper jet after he made inquiries and offered to…

Slovenia’s government on Thursday endorsed a motion to recognize a Palestinian state and asked the parliament to do the same.Prime Minister Robert Golob said that his government sent the recognition proposal to parliament, which could convene as early as next week.SLOVENIA RESCUE OPERATION UNDERWAY AFTER RISING WATER LEVELS LEAVE 5…