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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi listens to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, not in photo, during a joint news conference following their meeting at the Presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, Jan. 24, 2024. Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and others were found dead at the site of a helicopter crash site, state media reported Monday, May 20, 2024. (Mert Gokhan Koc/Dia Images via AP, File)

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, supreme leader鈥檚 protege, dies at 63 in helicopter crash

May 20, 2024 at 10:11 a.m.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has died. He was a hard-line protege of the country’s supreme leader who helped oversee the mass executions of thousands in 1988 and later led the...

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows an overview of tents, shelters and people in Rafah, Gaza, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

Satellite photos show Egypt building a wall near Gaza Strip as Israeli offensive on Rafah looms

February 16, 2024 at 9:55 a.m.

Egypt is building a wall and is leveling land near its border with the Gaza Strip ahead of a planned Israeli offensive targeting the border city of Rafah.

An Ukrainian firefighter works near a ...

Russia pummels port of Odesa in attempt to disrupt supplies

May 10, 2022 at 9:44 p.m.

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Russia pummeled the vital port of Odesa, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday, in an apparent effort to disrupt supply lines and Western weapons shipments as Ukraine’s foreign...

As Putin marks Victory Day, his troops make little war gains

May 9, 2022 at 8:03 p.m.

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin marked his country’s biggest patriotic holiday Monday without a major new battlefield success in Ukraine to boast of, as the war ground...

More than 60 feared dead in bombing of Ukrainian school

May 8, 2022 at 9:04 p.m.

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — More than 60 people were feared dead Sunday after a Russian bomb flattened a school being used as a shelter, Ukrainian officials said, while Moscow's forces...

‘Seemed like goodbye’: Mariupol defenders make their stand

May 5, 2022 at 8:08 p.m.

LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian fighters in the tunnels underneath Mariupol’s pulverized steel plant held out against Russian troops Thursday in an increasingly desperate and perhaps doomed effort to deny...

People with children wait after arriving ...

Ukraine: Russia using ‘missile terrorism’ in wide attacks

May 4, 2022 at 7:40 p.m.

LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Complaining that the West is "stuffing Ukraine with weapons,” Russia bombarded railroad stations and other supply-line targets across the country, as the European Union moved to...

Yemeni rebels say Saudi-led airstrike on prison killed 70

January 21, 2022 at 11:53 a.m.

A Saudi-led airstrike targeting a prison run by Yemen's Houthi rebels killed at least 70 detainees and wounded dozens Friday, a rebel minister said. The strike was part of a...

Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic rides ...

Novak Djokovic arrives in Dubai after deportation from Australia

January 16, 2022 at 7:01 p.m.

Novak Djokovic arrived early Monday in Dubai after his deportation from Australia over its required COVID-19 vaccination ended the No. 1-ranked men鈥檚 tennis player鈥檚 hopes of defending his Australian Open...

Apple once threatened Facebook ban over Mideast maid abuse

October 25, 2021 at 10:47 p.m.

Two years ago, Apple threatened to pull Facebook and Instagram from its app store over concerns about the platform being used as a tool to trade and sell maids in...

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