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

Myanmar rebel group claims control of town, denies targeting Rohingya

May 19, 2024

A powerful armed ethnic group in Myanmar said on Sunday it had won control over a town in the western state of Rakhine after weeks of fighting, denying accusations it had targeted members of the Muslim-minority Rohingya during the offensive, Reuters reports. Khine Thu Kha, a spokesman for the Arakan Army (AA), said its soldiers […]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

KIA claims Myanmar junta helicopter shot down

May 19, 2024

A Myanmar junta helicopter was reportedly shot down in Waingmaw Township on Saturday morning as the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) attacks fresh regime targets, The Irrawaddy reports. The KIA and its allies attacked Infantry Battalion 321 headquarters and 10 junta outposts in Waingmaw Township on Saturday, according to the armed group. KIA spokesman Colonel Naw […]Continue Reading

UN, ASEAN urged to act to save Rohingya from further genocide

May 19, 2024

NEWS DESK Parliamentarians from Southeast Asia urgently called on the United Nations, ASEAN, and the wider international community to take immediate action in order to prevent the mass killing of Rohingya who are under siege by the Arakan Army in northern Rakhine State. “We are extremely alarmed and concerned by reports that the Arakan Army […]Continue Reading