Tehran, May 20 : Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the country’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian have died in a helicopter crash that occurred on Sunday, Mehr news agency reported. The helicopter carrying President Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian crashed in a dense forested area in the Iranian province of East Azarbaijan on Sunday. The...
Moscow, May 19: Russia is ready to provide the necessary assistance in finding the missing helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and investigating the causes of the accident, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday. Earlier in the day, Iranian media reported that a helicopter carrying Raisi, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and...
Tehran, May 19 : A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has suffered an accident in northwestern Iran, Iranian broadcaster Press TV reported on Sunday, citing officials. Rescue teams are trying to reach the scene where the accident took place, the broadcaster reported, adding that poor weather conditions had complicated the situation. UNI
Gaza, May 19: Up to 800,000 people have been forced to leave the southern Gaza city of Rafah since the beginning of the Israeli operation in the area, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said on Saturday. “Once again, nearly half of the population of...
Jerusalem, May 19 : Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz said on Saturday that he will resign from the emergency government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unless a new plan for a military operation in the Gaza Strip is adopted by June 8. “We are now at a fatal crossroads, when the country’s leadership...
Ankara, May 19: Seven people, including five police officers, were injured in the Turkish province of Tokat as a result of an explosion in a residential building, Turkish media reported. Police officers responded to a call in the Hurmuzlu area after complaints from neighbors who were annoyed with the loud noise coming from a house,...
Washington, May 18 : Former US President Donald Trump said that in the five months remaining before the elections in the United States, a third world war could break out due to the incompetence of the current US leadership. “With the kind of idiots we have running this country, not a lot of people will...
Moscow, May 17 : Russia does not rule out the possibility of downgrading its diplomatic relations with the United States in certain scenarios, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday. In an interview with TASS news agency, Ryabkov said that Russia has never taken the initiative to make such moves in its relations...
Gaza, May 17 : The United Nations (UN) on Thursday considered humanitarian aid distribution “almost impossible” in the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), which has lasted over 200 days. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that distributing humanitarian aid “is almost...
Washington, May 16 : A Jewish American staffer resigned from her position at the Interior Department, citing Biden’s continued support of Israel’s war in Gaza, Politico reported on Wednesday. Lily Greenberg Call resigned from her position as special assistant to the chief of staff in the Interior Department, citing her Jewish heritage and connection to...
Bratislava, May 16: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is in stable condition after surgery, local media reported late Wednesday night. According to local media TA3, the BBC quoted Slovak Environment Minister Tomas Taraba as saying that the prime minister’s life is not in danger. “I was very shocked. Fortunately, as far as I know, the...
Beijing, May 16: Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing for talks with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Thursday. The Russian president arrived in China for a two-day state visit and will travel to Beijing and Harbin. Putin will hold restricted attendance...
Yaounde, May 16 : Two security soldiers and two civilians were killed in a separatist attack in Cameroon’s war-torn English-speaking region of Northwest, security and local sources said on Wednesday. Separatist fighters ambushed two members of Cameroon security Tuesday night in Bambui locality of the region, said a senior security official. “The soldiers were drinking...
Los Angeles, May 16 : NASA plans to launch a new mission this month to study the heat loss from Earth’s polar regions and provide information on changing climate, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said on Wednesday. The mission, named the Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE), will study two of the most...
Gaza, May 15 : At least 40 people were killed and others injured after midnight Monday by Israeli bombardment in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, the Palestine TV reported. Israeli warplanes bombed a residential building owned by the Karaja family in the south of the Nuseirat camp, with children among the...
Moscow, May 15: On the eve of his two-day state visit to China, which starts on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated in a written interview with Xinhua that Russia and China are promoting the prosperity of both nations through expanded equal and mutually beneficial cooperation in economic and cultural fields. In the interview, Putin...
Beijing, May 15 : An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted Kermadec Islands region at 0141 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 66.5 km, was initially determined to be at 28.12 degrees south latitude and 177.31 degrees west longitude. UNI
Gaza, Apr 16: Israel is seeking a ceasefire agreement with Hamas to secure the release of its hostages before resuming military operations in the Gaza Strip, Ezzat al-Rishq, a member of Hamas’ political bureau, said on Monday. In a statement sent to Xinhua, al-Rishq said that Israel wanted “a temporary agreement to release its prisoners,...
United Nations, Apr 15: Israel has the legal right to respond to Iran’s recent attack on the Jewish state since it “crossed every red line,” Israeli Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gilad Erdan said. This attack crossed every red line, and Israel reserves the legal right to retaliate… Following such a massive and direct...
Ankara, Apr 15: US Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns held a phone call with Turkish National Intelligence Organisation Director Ibrahim Kalin and asked him to act as a mediator in the conflict between Israel and Iran, Turkish media reported. Kalin and Burns also exchanged views on Gaza ceasefire negotiations, the TRT Haber broadcaster reported...
Washington, Apr 15 : The Israeli government was ready to immediately counterattack Iran but decided to postpone the operation after a call from US President Joe Biden, Israeli media reported. The majority of members of the Israeli war cabinet were in favour of not delaying the operation, but the situation was changed both by Biden’s...