Government And Politics
Helicopter carrying Iran's president suffers a 'hard landing,' state TV says, and rescue is underway
Iranian officials say a rescue operation is underway after a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing."
Helicopter carrying Iran's hard-line president apparently crashes in foggy, mountainous region
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other officials apparently has crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of his country
Senior Republican close to Trump criticizes Biden's arms holdup in speech to Israeli parliament
Elise Stefanik, a House Republican leader seen as a candidate to be Donald Trump’s running mate, delivered a speech before Israel’s parliament in which she criticized President Joe Biden’s approach to the war in Gaza
US national security adviser, Saudi Arabia's crown prince meet to discuss 'semi-final' security deal
President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan has met with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss what the kingdom described as the “semi-final” version of a wide-ranging security agreement between the countries
Militia clashes rock western Libyan town. At least 1 civilian was killed, officials say
Libyan health authorities say clashes between government-allied militias rocked the western town of Zawiya, killing at least one civilian man and wounding 22 others
Yemen's Houthi rebels launch a missile that strikes an oil tanker in the Red Sea, US military says
Yemen’s Houthi rebels hit an oil tanker in the Red Sea with a ballistic missile, damaging the Panama-flagged, Greek-owned vessel in their latest assault over the Israel-Hamas war
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8 EU members say conditions in Syria should be reassessed to allow voluntary refugee returns
The governments of eight European Union member states say the situation in Syria should be re-evaluated to allow for the voluntary return of Syrian refugees back to their homeland
Turkey sentences pro-Kurdish politicians to lengthy prison terms over deadly 2014 riots
A Turkish court has sentenced several pro-Kurdish politicians to between nine and 42 years in prison over deadly riots that broke out in 2014 after Islamic State group militants besieged the Syrian border town of Kobani
A Palestinian converted to Judaism. An Israeli soldier saw him as a threat and opened fire
At first, it seemed like the kind of shooting that has become all too common in the Israeli-occupied West Bank