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Explainer-What happens after ICC prosecutor seeks warrants in Israel-Gaza conflict?
THE HAGUE -The International Criminal Court prosecutor's office has requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
May 21, 20243 min read
Biden: What's happening in Gaza is not genocide
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden strongly defended Israel on Monday, saying Israeli forces are not committing genocide in their...
May 21, 20242 min read
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, hardline ally of Khamenei, killed in helicopter crash
DUBAI -Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed...
May 21, 20244 min read
Reactions to the death of Iran's president in a helicopter crash
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner long seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a...
May 21, 20247 min read
Factbox-What we know about the crashed helicopter carrying Iran's president
The helicopter that crashed in Iran on Sunday, killing the country's president and foreign minister in mountain fog, was a Bell 212...
May 21, 20243 min read
Hamas' Qatar-based leader Haniyeh named in ICC warrant request
DUBAI/LONDON - Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader based in Qatar, has been the tough-talking face of the Palestinian group's...
May 21, 20244 min read
ICC prosecutor's request for arrest warrants for Israel, Hamas leaders
Following are key details from the statement by Karim Khan, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, on his request for...
May 21, 20241 min read
Iran's President Raisi took hard line with national protests and nuclear talks
Ebrahim Raisi, who died aged 63, rose through Iran's theocracy from hardline prosecutor to uncompromising president, overseeing a...
May 21, 20244 min read
Lebanon, Syria begin 3 days of mourning over deaths of Iran president, FM
BEIRUT - Lebanon and Syria on Monday announced three days of national mourning for the Iranian president and foreign minister, who were...
May 21, 20241 min read
Hamas mourns Raisi, says he supported the group against Israel
CAIRO - The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas mourned on Monday the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who it said had supported...
May 21, 20242 min read
Factbox-Who is Mohammad Mokhber, Iran's interim president?
Here are some key facts about Mohammad Mokhber, 68, Iran's first vice president who became interim president following the death of...
May 21, 20242 min read
Iran's Supreme Leader approves Mokhber as interim president, declares 5 days mourning
DUBAI -Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei announced five days of public mourning for President Ebrahim Raisi following his death in a...
May 21, 20241 min read
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