Politics
Iran President Ebrahim Raisi, supreme leader’s protégé, dies at 63 in helicopter crash
BY JON GAMBRELL AP Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line protégé of the country’s supreme leader who helped oversee the mass executions of ...Helicopter carrying Iran’s president suffers a ‘hard landing,’ state TV says
A helicopter carrying Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi was involved in “an accident” in poor weather conditions on Sunday, state media reported, with ...Israel launches strikes across Gaza
By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and JOSEPH KRAUSS AP An Israeli airstrike killed 20 people in central Gaza, mostly women and children, ...‘Can’t leave’: 10 years on, thousands forgotten in Syria desert camp
By Aya Iskandarani AFP In a no-man’s land on Syria’s border with Iraq and Jordan, thousands are stranded in an isolated camp, ...Fighting rages in Gaza’s Rafah after first aid delivery via pier
Heavy clashes and bombardment Saturday rocked Gaza’s southern city of Rafah, witnesses said, as the Israeli military announced the first 310 pallets ...First aid flows into Gaza over massive U.S. pier
Trucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza Strip rolled across a newly built U.S. floating pier into the besieged enclave for the first ...Taiwan lawmakers exchange blows in bitter dispute over parliament reforms
By Ben Blanchard and Fabian Hamacher Reuters Taiwanese lawmakers shoved, tackled and hit each other in parliament on Friday in a bitter ...Slovak leader Fico stable after surgery but condition ‘very serious’
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico’s condition has stabilised but was still “very serious”, his deputy said Thursday, a day after Fico was ...Xi, Putin hail ties as ‘stabilising’ force in chaotic world
By James EDGAR AFP Leaders Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin framed their nations’ ties as a stabilising force in a chaotic world as they met Thursday ...Shooting of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico sends shockwaves across Europe
The shooting Wednesday of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico in the town of Handlova following a political event sent shockwaves across Europe three weeks ...














