Iran

Iran halts talks with Saudi Arabia

Iranian news outlet Nournews has indicated that talks between Saudi Arabia and Iran have been suspended just as the two countries were due to meet in Iraq for a fifth round of negotiations. The article posted on Nournews, which is affiliated with Iran’s Supreme National Security Council did not give reason for the postponement of…

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ESA’s solar orbiter set for closest approach to sun

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) solar orbiter will make its closest approach to the sun on March 26 with the hopes scientists can gain a better understanding of the sun and solar weather. A joint mission between the ESA and NASA, the Solar Orbiter was launched with the objective of performing “close-up, high resolution studies…

South Korea: Yoon Suk-Yeol elected as President

Former public prosecutor Yoon Suk-Yeol has won the presidential election in South Korea narrowly beating his opponent Lee Jae-Myung 48.6 per cent to 47.9 per cent. The President-elect is to take office in May after the conservative beat out his competition, liberal Lee Jae-Myung. Yoon called the election win a “victory for the people” but…