Russia says after Raisi crash that US undermined aviation safety with sanctions

May 21, 2024

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, commenting on the helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, said on Tuesday that US sanctions had worsened aviation safety, Reuters reports. Iranian media reported that images from the site showed the US-made Bell 212 helicopter on which Raisi was travelling slammed into a mountain peak, although there was […]Continue Reading

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israeli PM, defence chief and 3 Hamas leaders

May 20, 2024

The International Criminal Court prosecutor’s office said on Monday it had requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defence chief and three Hamas leaders for alleged war crimes. Prosecutor Karim Khan’s office said it suspected all five – Netanyahu, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Al-Masri and Continue Reading

Who is Mohammad Mokhber, Iran’s interim president?

May 20, 2024

Mohammad Mokhber is Iran’s interim president now after late President Ebrahim Raisi and other officials were confirmed killed in a helicopter crash and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei approved his accession to the role, Al Jazeera reports. The former first vice president held an extraordinary meeting with judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei and Mohammad Bagher Continue Reading

Iran’s nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri named acting foreign minister

May 20, 2024

Iran’s veteran nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri, a harsh critic of the West, was Monday named acting foreign minister to replace the top diplomat killed in a helicopter crash along with the president, AFP reports. Bagheri, 56, had served as deputy to the foreign minister of the Islamic republic, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who perished along with the […]Continue Reading

Israel denies involvement in Iran president’s helicopter crash

May 20, 2024

Israel had nothing to do with the accident involving the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi, Israel’s Channel 13 reported on Sunday, citing Israeli officials, Middle East Monitor reports. The Israeli channel quoted officials saying: “The message Israel is sending to the countries of the world is that Tel Aviv has nothing to do with […]Continue Reading

World reacts to the death of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi

May 20, 2024

World leaders have expressed their condolences on the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, Al Jazeera reports. Rescue teams began searching for Raisi on Sunday afternoon after his aircraft, which also carried nine other officials, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, went missing in Iran’s mountainous northwestern region near the Continue Reading

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