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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, supreme leader's protege, dies at 63 in helicopter crash
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line protege of the country's supreme leader who helped oversee the mass executions of thousands in 1988 and later led the country as it enriched uranium near weapons-grade levels, launched a major attack on Israel and...
Iran's president, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and several other officials were found dead on Monday, hours after their helicopter crashed in a foggy, mountainous region of the country’s northwest, state media reported. The...
Who is Iran's first vice president, Mohammad Mokhber, appointed acting president after crash?
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's first Vice President Mohammad Mokhber was appointed as acting president of the Islamic Republic on Monday after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash in the country's northwest. Mokhber, 68, largely has been in the...
Airstrike kills 27 in central Gaza and fighting rages as Israel's leaders are increasingly divided
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed 27 people in central Gaza, mostly women and children, and fighting with Hamas raged across the north on Sunday as Israel's leaders aired divisions over who should govern Gaza after the war, now in its eighth month. Prime...
Michael Cohen faces more grilling as Trump's hush money trial enters its final stretch
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's hush money trial is heading into the final stretch, with prosecutors' last and star witness back on the stand Monday for more grilling before the former president's lawyers get their chance to put on a case. The landmark trial will kick back off in...
London court to decide whether WikiLeaks founder Assange is extradited to the US
LONDON (AP) — Julian Assange faced a key hearing Monday in the High Court in London that could end with him being sent to the U.S. to face espionage charges, or could provide him another chance to appeal his extradition. The WikiLeaks founder, who has spent the past five years in a...
Taiwan's new President Lai in his inauguration speech urges China to stop its military intimidation
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s new president, Lai Ching-te, said in his inauguration speech Monday that he wants peace with China and urged it to stop its military threats and intimidation of the self-governed island that Beijing claims as its own territory. “I hope that China...
Modi's Hindu nationalist politics face a test as India holds fifth stage of national election
AYODHYA, India (AP) — When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened a Hindu temple on the site of a razed mosque in the holy city of Ayodhya in early 2024, he was making a bet on mixing Hindu nationalism and politics ahead of a national election in which he's seeking a rare third term. ...
Biden tells Morehouse graduates that scenes in Gaza from the Israel-Hamas war break his heart, too
ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday offered his most direct recognition of U.S. students' anguish over the Israel-Hamas war, telling graduates of historically Black Morehouse College that he heard their voices of protest and that scenes from the conflict in Gaza break his heart, too. ...
Ship that caused deadly Baltimore bridge collapse to be refloated and moved
BALTIMORE (AP) — The container ship that caused the deadly collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge is scheduled to be refloated on Monday and moved to a nearby marine terminal. The Dali has remained at the collapse site since it lost power and crashed into one of the...
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, supreme leader's protege, dies at 63 in helicopter crash
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line protege of the country's supreme leader who helped oversee the mass executions of thousands in 1988 and later led the country as it enriched uranium near weapons-grade levels, launched a major attack on Israel and...
The Latest | Israeli defense minister says the military will expand operations into Rafah
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said the military would expand its operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah in talks Monday with a U.S. envoy. U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with Gallant and the Israeli military leadership in Tel Aviv. Sullivan’s visit...
Ship that caused deadly Baltimore bridge collapse to be refloated and moved
BALTIMORE (AP) — The container ship that caused the deadly collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge is scheduled to be refloated on Monday and moved to a nearby marine terminal. The Dali has remained at the collapse site since it lost power and crashed into one of the...
Michael Cohen faces more grilling as Trump's hush money trial enters its final stretch
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's hush money trial is heading into the final stretch, with prosecutors' last and star witness back on the stand Monday for more grilling before the former president's lawyers get their chance to put on a case. The landmark trial will kick back off in...
In Saudi Arabia, an all-women psychedelic rock band jams out as its conservative society loosens up
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Leaning into the microphone in Saudi Arabia's capital, Nora let loose a primal scream. Guitars wailed and drums throbbed behind her as part of a set with her bandmates during a recent show. The performance by Seera, an all-women psychedelic rock band...
Modi's Hindu nationalist politics face a test as India holds fifth stage of national election
AYODHYA, India (AP) — When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened a Hindu temple on the site of a razed mosque in the holy city of Ayodhya in early 2024, he was making a bet on mixing Hindu nationalism and politics ahead of a national election in which he's seeking a rare third term. ...
Nickel-rich Indonesia pitches EV battery plant plan to Elon Musk
DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s top investment official said Monday that the government has proposed to Tesla CEO Elon Musk the construction of an electric vehicle battery plant in the nickel-rich country. The official spoke after Musk met with Indonesian President Joko...
Condition of Slovakia's prime minister improves following an assassination attempt
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovak populist Prime Minister Robert Fico’s condition is improving following an assassination attempt last week that shocked the European Union nation deeply polarized over his policies. “After today’s consultation, the patient’s condition is...
A report is due on the UK's infected blood scandal, the country's worst public health disaster
LONDON (AP) — Britain's government is expected to apologize on Monday as an inquiry is to publish a final report into the U.K.'s infected blood scandal, which saw tens of thousands of people infected with HIV and hepatitis after being given contaminated blood and blood products from the 1970s to...
The Latest | Trump's criminal trial set to enter final stretch as cross-examination of Cohen resumes
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's hush money trial is entering its final stretch as the prosecution's star witness Michael Cohen returns to the stand on Monday. Cohen took the stand last week to lay out his version of the events that are at the heart of the case. Cohen placed Trump...
