20-05-2024 TEHRAN/ TABRIZ: Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has been martyred in a helicopter crash, state media confirmed. Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was also martyred in Sunday’s crash, along with several others. The helicopter, one of three travelling in a convoy crashed in heavy fog in the north of the country. …

20-05-2024 TEHRAN/ BAKU/ TABRIZ: A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed on Sunday as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told media, and rescuers were struggling to reach the site of the incident. The official said the lives of Raisi …

20-05-2024 SYDNEY/ PARIS: Australians stranded in New Caledonia are rationing food as they wait for a way out of the Pacific island territory, amid unrest that has killed six people, a traveler from Sydney said on Saturday. They are among 3,200 people who are stuck waiting to leave or enter …

20-05-2024 RIYADH: In a historic first, Saudi Arabia hosted a swimsuit fashion show, a remarkable step for a nation known for its conservative dress codes. This groundbreaking event occurred during the inaugural Red Sea Fashion Week at the St. Regis Red Sea Resort on the country’s western coast. On Friday, …

20-05-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: Lokeswara Reddy, an Indian farmer with two decades of experience, has seen his crops flourish after lean years, thanks to earth-observation satellites. Shifting climate patterns, high input costs, a scarcity of labor and erratic weather began to disrupt his earnings about 10 …

20-05-2024 RIYADH: Oleksandr Usyk beat Tyson Fury by scoring a razor-thin split decision to win the world’s first undisputed heavyweight championship in 25 years, an unprecedented feat in boxing’s four-belt era. The United Kingdom’s Fury was the early aggressor but Usyk gradually took charge and the “Gypsy King” was saved …

20-05-2024 KABUL/ MADRID: Three Afghan nationals and three Spanish tourists were killed in central Afghanistan’s Bamyan province, the Taliban government has said, as it raised the death toll from the attack in a market. On Saturday, the government said that the bodies of the three Afghans and three Spanish tourists …

20-05-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY/ CAIRO: Israeli troops and tanks pushed on Saturday into parts of a congested northern Gaza Strip district that they had previously skirted in the more than seven-month-old war, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, medics and residents said. Israel’s forces also took over some ground in …

20-05-2024 TUNIS: At least 23 people are missing off the Tunisian coast, local authorities have said, as search and rescue operations are under way. Tunisia’s National Guard said in a statement on Saturday that it had been notified of “unauthorized sailing operations” from several areas along the Tunisian coast. Five …

20-05-2024 TEHRAN: Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi says she is facing a new trial after she accused the security forces of sexually assaulting women. In a message from Evin prison where she is being held, Ms Mohammadi said the trial relates to an audio post, in which …