Two months after the tragic incident, Iran has officially attributed the helicopter crash that killed former President Ebrahim Raisi in May to adverse weather conditions. According to the semi-official Fars news agency, a source close to the investigation revealed that the final report conclude...
A recent video circulating on social media platforms shows Russian President Vladimir Putin presenting a gold-encrusted copy of the Quran to the Nabi Isa Mosque in Chechnya. The footage captures Putin kissing the Quran before gifting it to the newly constructed mosque in Grozny, the Chechen capita...
Washington D.C. - The New York Times reported on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, that President Joe Biden approved a highly classified nuclear strategy plan in March that, for the first time, reorients the US deterrence strategy towards China's efforts to expand its nuclear arsenal. The Amer...
Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered in Chicago on Monday, where the Democratic National Convention is taking place, in a march calling for an end to the "genocide in Gaza" and a halt to US aid to Israel, according to Anadolu Agency. The US presidential election is rapi...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Monday that the Israeli government has accepted the American proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, urging Hamas to reciprocate. During his current visit to Tel Aviv, Blinken told reporters that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had con...
Dubai Ports World (DP World), a global port operator, has announced a 60% drop in its first-half profits, partially attributed to attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who are designated as a terrorist group by several countries. The attacks have significantly impacted shipping through the Red...
A potential ceasefire agreement for the ongoing conflict in Gaza has hit a snag, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's key demands proving to be major sticking points. According to the Times of Israel, the proposed agreement does not include Netanyahu's calls for a continued ...
Sudan's Sovereign Council Chairman, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, revealed on Saturday, August 17, 2024, that efforts are underway to form a transitional government in the country. This announcement comes nearly three years after Burhan dissolved a civilian government formed to lead the country t...
The United States, Qatar, and Egypt announced on Friday, August 16, 2024, that they had presented a new proposal during two days of talks in Doha, aiming to "narrow the gaps" between Israel and Hamas, which has rejected the proposal. A joint statement from the three countries stated t...
The recent surge in monkeypox cases in Africa, particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare the disease a global health emergency, its highest level of alert. The outbreak, which has spread from the Democratic Republic of Congo to...
The Swedish Public Health Agency announced on Thursday, August 15, 2024, the detection of the first case of monkeypox outside Africa caused by the new strain, which the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency on Wednesday. The agency stated in a press release that &qu...
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the monkeypox outbreak in Africa a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on Wednesday, August 14th, 2024. This is the highest level of alert the organization can issue. "Today, the Emergency Co...
The Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, announced on Tuesday, August 13th, 2024, that they had fired two rockets at Tel Aviv and its surrounding areas in central Israel. This marks the first such attack since May 26th. In a brief statement, the Qassam...
A powerful earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale struck central Syria on Monday evening, killing an elderly woman and injuring around 25 people in Hama province. The tremor was felt by residents in several provinces. According to the Syrian regime's news agency, SANA, the elderly wo...
The United States announced on Monday, August 12, 2024, that it will resume selling offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, reversing a years-long suspension citing human rights concerns in Yemen. State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel told reporters that since the arms sales freeze, and with th...
As Tunisia gears up for its presidential election on October 6th, a crackdown on freedom of expression and political debate is intensifying, according to a report released Monday by Human Rights Watch. The report highlights a concerning trend of media suppression, with at least five journalists...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has declared that his country will not seek any foreign assistance in the wake of devastating floods that ravaged areas near the Chinese border. Instead, he has ordered the relocation of thousands of displaced residents to the capital for better care. Kim estimat...
The Biden administration has decided to lift the ban on the sale of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, according to a report by Reuters on August 9, 2024. This decision marks a reversal of a three-year-old policy aimed at pressuring the Kingdom to end its involvement in the Yemeni civil war. Th...
A senior Hamas leader, Samer al-Hajj, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on Friday, August 9, 2024, the Palestinian group confirmed. In a statement, Hamas mourned al-Hajj, calling him a "martyred commander" who "fell in a treacherous Zionist...
Following the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last week, Israel has vowed to hunt down and eliminate his successor, Yahya Sinwar, who was elected as the new head of Hamas' political bureau on Tuesday. Israeli Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi made the thr...