The New York Times - Time magazinenamed a group of journalists, including the murdered Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi, as its person of the year for 2018 on Tuesday, honoring their dedicated pursuit of the truth despite a war on facts and tremendous obstacles, including violence and imprisonment.
The choice was a nod to the spread of misinformation ...
Tehran, Dec 10, IRNA Time magazine has named Angela Merkel as its person of the year, making her the first woman to receive the accolade in the past 29 years. The German leader has outpaced IS head Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and US presidential hopeful Donald Trump.
The magazine praised the EUs longest-serving leader for her handling of the EU in times ...
Tehran, Dec 7, IRNA President Hassan Rouhani has been placed among eight candidates for the person of the year by Time magazine.
Other persons shortlisted for the person of the year include Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Donald Trump, Black Lives Matter activists, Caitlyn Jenner and Travis Kalanick.
Donald Trump,...
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Foreign destroyers forced to leave drill zone: Iranian navy commander
Irans Navy commander said on Sunday that 2 destroyers, belonging to trans-regional countries, were forced to leave waters where Iranian Armys large-scale military drills are underway.
Leaders top military ...
TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian American and award-winning computational geneticist at Harvard University, Pardis Sabeti, along with other Ebola fighters, were named TIME magazines 2014 Person of the Year.
The Ebola fighters were chosen for their bravery and efforts during a time when many others were reluctant to do so.
Sabeti first became intrigued by ...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - One of Britains most influential newspapers named Russian President Vladimir Putin Man of the Year.
The Times awarded the title because Putin "succeeded in one of his most enduring ambitions: to bring Moscow back to the international high table."
According to the newspaper, it was the Syrian insurgency that propelled the president ...