Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash, official says

May 20, 2024

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister were killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and icy weather, an Iranian official said on Monday, after search teams located the wreckage in East Azerbaijan province, Reuters reports. “President Raisi, the foreign minister and all the passengers in the helicopter were killed in the crash,” Continue Reading

Helicopter carrying Iran’s President Raisi crashes, search under way

May 19, 2024

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed on Sunday as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told Reuters, and rescuers were struggling to reach the site of the incident, Reuters reports. The official said the lives of Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were “at […]Continue Reading

UN General Assembly set to back Palestinian bid for membership

May 10, 2024

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday is set to back a Palestinian bid to become a full UN member by recognizing it as qualified to join and sending the application back to the UN Security Council to “reconsider the matter favourably,” Reuters reports. The Palestinians are reviving their bid to become a full UN […]Continue Reading

US presidential candidate Jill Stein arrested at pro-Palestinian protest

April 28, 2024

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was arrested Saturday at a pro-Palestinian protest at Washington University in St. Louis, but “we are not aware of any charges at this time,” her campaign spokesperson said, CNN reports. Stein was at the protest to support students who had set up an encampment and declared they would not […]Continue Reading

Israeli military intelligence head resigns over Oct 7 attack failures

April 22, 2024

The head of Israeli military intelligence, who last year accepted responsibility for the failures that allowed the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct 7, has resigned, the military said in a statement on Monday. Major General Aharon Haliva was one of a number of senior Israeli commanders who said they had failed to foresee and […]Continue Reading

Iranian military says it is ready to deal with any Israeli attack

April 17, 2024

Iran said on Wednesday its military was ready to confront any attack by Israel, with the air force saying it was prepared for action, Reuters reports. Iran’s navy commander said also that it was escorting Iranian commercial vessels to the Red Sea. Iran carried out its first-ever direct attack on Israel last weekend in retaliation […]Continue Reading

Iran says Israel bombed its embassy in Syria, killing a top commander

April 1, 2024

Iran’s consulate in the Syrian capital Damascus was flattened on Monday in what Syrian and Iranian media described as an Israeli air strike, a startling apparent escalation of conflict in the Middle East that would pit Israel against Iran and its allies, Reuters reports. A Lebanese security source, speaking to Reuters, said one of the […]Continue Reading

World Court orders Israel to halt Gaza famine; fighting flares at hospital

March 28, 2024

The World Court on Thursday unanimously ordered Israel, accused by South Africa of genocide in Gaza, to take all necessary and effective action to ensure basic food supplies to the enclave’s Palestinian population and halt spreading famine, Reuters reports. The order came as Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters battled in close combat around Gaza’s Al […]Continue Reading

Rohingya rescued off Indonesia relocated after local anger

March 27, 2024

Dozens of Rohingya refugees saved after their boat capsized off Indonesia’s westernmost coast last week have been forced from their temporary shelter due to local protests, a United Nations refugee agency official said on Wednesday, AFP reports. The mostly Muslim ethnic Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar, and thousands risk their lives each year on […]Continue Reading

UN Security Council passes resolution demanding immediate Gaza ceasefire

March 25, 2024

The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution on Monday demanding an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas and the release of all hostages after the United States abstained from the vote. The remaining 14 council members voted for the resolution, which was proposed by the 10 elected members of the body. There […]Continue Reading