Iran is preparing to inter its late president at the holiest site for Shiite Muslims in the Islamic Republic, a final sign of respect for a protege of Iran’s supreme leader killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week

Iran has interred late President Ebrahim Raisi at the holiest Shiite shrine in the nation, days after a fatal helicopter crash killed him, the country’s foreign minister and six others

Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site in what he described as a protest against the recognition of a Palestinian state by three European countries

Norway, Ireland and Spain say they will recognize a Palestinian state

Iran’s supreme leader has presided over a funeral for the country’s late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash

Iran’s supreme leader has prayed over the coffins of the country’s late president, foreign minister and other officials killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week

Iran’s supreme leader and representatives of allied militia groups prayed over the coffins of the country’s late president, foreign minister and other officials killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week

Israeli officials have seized a camera and broadcasting equipment belonging to The Associated Press in southern Israel

Two senior Biden administration officials say the U.S. has privately urged the Israeli government to reverse its decision to seize equipment from The Associated Press and block it from broadcasting live video of northern Gaza from inside Israel