A carnival parade in Braunschweig, northern Germany, has been cancelled a few hours before the start as police cites a “specific Islamist terror threat”. "Reliable state security sources have made it known that a concrete threat of attack with an Islamist background exists," authorities said in a statement. Authorities appealed to the carnival participants not to visit the planned route of the carnival parade and avoid travelling to Braunschweig. Some 250,000 people were expected to take part in the parade.
Rouhani wins Iran's Presidential election Moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani won Iran's presidential election on Saturday, the interior ministry said, scoring a surprising landslide victory over conservative hardliners without the need of a second round run-off.Interior minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar announced on state television that Rouhani secured just over 50 percent of the ballot based on a 72 percent turnout of 50 million eligible voters. Mr Hassan Rouhani ... got the absolute majority of votes and was elected as president," Najjar said. Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, a hard-line conservative, lagged behind with about 16 percent of the votes. Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, he too a hard-line conservative, earned 11 percent. The voter turnout was 72.7 percent. President-elect Hassan Rohani, sixty four years old, is known as a moderate conservative. He has been stressing the need to improve ties with Western nations, and is back...
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