TEHRAN -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei confirmed Monday that technical negotiations between Iran and the United States have begun in Switzerland.
Speaking to the official IRNA news agency, Baghaei said Iran's delegation is led by Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi. (Iran-US-Talks)
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NEW YORK -- Alan Greenspan, the central banker who spent nearly 19 years as chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, died Monday from complications of Parkinson's disease, according to local media reports. He was 100.
Greenspan was appointed Fed chairman in 1987 by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and held the position until retiring in 2006. He presided over the Federal Reserve under four presidents, from Reagan to George W. Bush. His tenure was the second longest, just four months short of that of William McChesney Martin, who presided over the central bank from 1951 to 1970. (Former Fed chair-Greenspan-died)
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LONDON -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced in a speech outside No. 10 Downing Street on Monday that he would resign as leader of the governing Labour Party and set out a timetable for his departure from office.
Starmer said he had heard the answer of Labour lawmakers to the question of whether he was best placed to lead the party into the next general election. (Britain-PM-Resignation)
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MANILA -- Three people were killed and five others were wounded in a school shooting in the central Philippines on Monday, with preliminary investigation showing that both gunmen are minors, according to the police.
The two suspects in the shooting at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City have been arrested, said the police. (Philippine-School Shooting-Gunmen) Enditem
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