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The Latest | Israeli defense minister says the military will expand operations into Rafah

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says the military would expand its operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah
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Palestinians search for survivors after an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Nuseirat Refugee Camp, Gaza Strip, Sunday, May 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Ismael Abu Dayyah)
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A report is due on the UK's infected blood scandal, the country's worst public health disaster

Britain’s government is expected to apologize as an inquiry is expected to publish a final report into the U.K.’s infected blood scandal
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Infected blood campaigners gather in Parliament Square, ahead of the publication of the final report into the scandal, in London, Sunday, May 19, 2024. The final report of the U.K.’s infected blood inquiry will be published Monday, six years after it started its work. The inquiry heard evidence as to how thousands of people contracted HIV or hepatitis from transfusions of tainted blood and blood products in the 1970s and 1980s. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)
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Condition of Slovakia's prime minister improves following an assassination attempt

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
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People gather and bring flowers outside the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured, is being treated, in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Sunday, May 19, 2024. Slovakia's populist prime minister, Robert Fico, remained in serious condition on Sunday but has been given a positive prognosis four days after he was shot multiple times in an assassination attempt that has sent shockwaves across the deeply polarized European Union nation, the defense minister Rober Kalinak said. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Nickel-rich Indonesia pitches EV battery plant plan to Elon Musk

Indonesia’s top investment official says the government has proposed building an electric vehicle battery plant to Tesla CEO Elon Musk
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A participant walks at a venue of the 10th World Water Forum in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia on Monday, May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
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With Iranian President Raisi's death confirmed, new election to be held in 50 days

The new president will be elected in 50 days and run the country for four years.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with the families of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Tehran, Iran, May 19, 2024.
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Timeline of the Assange legal saga over extradition to the US on espionage charges

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been fighting for years to avoid extradition to the United States to face charges related to his organization’s publication of a huge trove of classified documents
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Protesters hold placards outside the High Court in London, Monday, May 20, 2024. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces a hearing Monday in the High Court in London that could end with him being sent to the U.S. to face espionage charges, or provide him another chance to appeal his extradition. The outcome will depend on how much weight judges give to assurances U.S. officials have provided that Assange's rights won't be trampled if he goes on trial. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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Candidates begin registering in complicated process to select Thailand's new Senate

Thailand has officially begun the selection of new set of senators, a process that has become part of the ongoing war between progressive forces hoping for democratic political reforms and conservatives seeking to keep the status quo
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Potential candidates to become members of Thailand's next Senate arrive at the Phaya Thai district office in Bangkok on Monday, May 20, 2024. Thailand on Monday officially kicked off the task of selecting a new set of Senators, a process that has become part of the ongoing war between progressive forces hoping for democratic political reforms and conservatives seeking to keep the status quo. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Georgia's parliament speaker vows to override presidential veto on divisive law

Georgia’s parliament speaker on Monday vowed to override a presidential veto on divisive legislation that sparked weeks of mass protests by critics who see it as a threat to democratic freedoms and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union
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South Africa's top court rules former President Zuma cannot stand in election

South Africa’s highest court has ruled that former President Jacob Zuma is not allowed to run for Parliament in a national election next week because of a previous criminal conviction
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Veteran fighters parade as they wait for former South African President Jacob Zuma to arrive at Orlando stadium in the township of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, for the launch of his newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party's manifesto Saturday, May 18, 2024. Zuma, who has turned his back on the African National Congress (ANC) he once led, will face South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who replaced him as leader of the ANC in the general elections later in May. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
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Ireland's top diplomat concerned over slow pace of justice in peacekeeper's killing

Ireland’s top diplomat has expressed concerns about the slow progress of criminal proceedings against several Lebanese men charged with the killing of an Irish peacekeeper in Lebanon
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Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bouhabib, left, meets with Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Micheal Martin, right, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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Nepal's prime minister wins confidence vote in parliament, his fourth since taking office

Nepal’s prime minister will continue leading his shaky governing coalition after winning his fourth vote of confidence in two years on Monday
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Members of the Nepalese Parliament participate in a vote of confidence on Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, May 20, 2024. Dahal will continue leading his shaky governing coalition after winning his fourth vote of confidence in two years on Monday. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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South Africa's top court rules former President Zuma cannot stand in election over criminal record

South Africa's top court rules former President Zuma cannot stand in election over criminal record
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Who is Iran's first vice president, Mohammad Mokhber, appointed acting president after crash?

Iran’s first Vice President Mohammad Mokhber has been appointed president of the Islamic Republic after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash in the country’s northwest
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FILE - Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber meets with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, on the sidelines of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member States in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Oct. 25, 2023. Iran’s supreme leader appointed Mokhber as country’s acting president Monday, May 20, 2024, after a helicopter crash killed President Ebrahim Raisi. (Dmitry Astakhov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Iran's supreme leader appoints First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber as country's acting president after Raisi's death

Iran's supreme leader appoints First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber as country's acting president after Raisi's death
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May 20

The Islamic State claims attack in Afghanistan that killed 6

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attack on foreigners in central Afghanistan last week in which three Spanish citizens and three Afghans were killed
May 20
This is a locator map for Afghanistan with its capital, Kabul. (AP Photo)
May 20

London court to decide whether WikiLeaks founder Assange is extradited to the US

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces a court hearing in London that could end with him being sent to the U.S. to face espionage charges, or provide him another chance to appeal his extradition
May 20
Stella Assange, wife of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, addresses the media as she arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Monday, May 20, 2024. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces a hearing Monday in the High Court in London that could end with him being sent to the U.S. to face espionage charges, or provide him another chance to appeal his extradition. The outcome will depend on how much weight judges give to assurances U.S. officials have provided that Assange's rights won't be trampled if he goes on trial. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
May 20

Iran's President Raisi dead in helicopter crash, Iranian state media reports

The helicopter crashed in rough weather on Sunday in northern Iran.
May 20
Rescue vehicles are seen following a crash of a helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, in Varzaqan, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran, May 19, 2024. Azin Haghighi/Moj News Agency/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
May 20

In Saudi Arabia, an all-women psychedelic rock band jams out as its conservative society loosens up

As Saudi Arabia liberalizes some aspects of its society, an all-women psychedelic rock band that recently performed in the kingdom's capital is an example showing some Saudi women are now finding their voice through the arts
May 20
From left, members of the band Seera including Thing, Noura, Hayahuascah and Meesh take a selfie during an interview with The Associated Press in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, May 12, 2024. A public performance by Seera, an all-women psychedelic rock band that blends traditional Arabic melodies with the resurgent psychedelia of bands like Tame Impala, would have been unthinkable just years earlier in the kingdom. (AP Photo/Baraa Anwer)
May 20

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, a hard-line diplomat, dies in helicopter crash

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, a hard-liner close to the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard who confronted the West while also overseeing indirect talks with the U.S. over the country’s nuclear program, has died
May 20
FILE - Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian speaks during a joint press briefing with his South African counterpart Naledi Pandor in Tehran, Iran, Oct. 22, 2023. Amirabdollahian, a hard-liner close to the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard who confronted the West while also overseeing indirect talks with the U.S. over the country's nuclear program, died in the helicopter crash that also killed the country's president, state media reported Monday, May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
May 20
In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Ebrahim Raisi attends a meeting with his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev during the inauguration ceremony of dam of Qiz Qalasi, or Castel of Girl in Azeri, at the border of Iran and Azerbaijan, Sunday, May 19, 2024. Raisi, a hard-line protégé 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 and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, has died in a helicopter crash, according to state media on Monday, May 20. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
May 20

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site, state media reports

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site, state media reports
May 20
May 20

Modi's Hindu nationalist politics face a test as India holds fifth stage of national election

Millions of Indians across 49 constituencies are casting ballots as the country’s six-week-long election enters its final stages
May 20
Women display their identity cards as they wait to cast their vote in a polling station during the fifth round of multi-phase national elections in Mumbai, India, Monday, May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
May 20

New Taiwan President Lai Ching-te in inauguration speech urges China to stop its military intimidation against Taiwan

New Taiwan President Lai Ching-te in inauguration speech urges China to stop its military intimidation against Taiwan
May 20
May 19

The Latest | Iran's president, foreign minister and others die in helicopter crash

President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and others have been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash after an hourslong search through a foggy, mountainous region of the country’s northwest
May 19
In this photo provided by Moj News Agency, rescue team members search for the wreckage of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi after it crashed in Varzaghan in northwestern Iran, Monday, May 20, 2024. 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. (Azin Haghighi, Moj News Agency via AP)
May 19

Things to know about an AI safety summit in Seoul

South Korea is set to host a mini-summit this week on risks and regulation of artificial intelligence
May 19
FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunk, center, speaks during a plenary session at the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes, England, on Nov. 2, 2023. South Korea is set to host a mini-summit this week on risks and regulation of artificial intelligence, following up on an inaugural AI safety meeting in Britain in 2023 that drew a diverse crowd of tech luminaries, researchers and officials. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File)
May 19

Iran state TV says 'no sign of life' detected at crash site of helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi, others

Iran state TV says 'no sign of life' detected at crash site of helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi, others
May 19
May 19

China sanctions Boeing, two U.S. defense contractors for Taiwan arms sales

China’s Ministry of Commerce has announced sanctions against Boeing and two other defense companies for their arms sales to Taiwan
May 19
FILE - The logo for Boeing appears on a screen above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, July 13, 2021. China's Ministry of Commerce announced sanctions against Boeing and two other defense companies Monday, May 20, 2024, for arms sales to Taiwan, on the day of Taiwan's presidential inauguration. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
May 19

Iran's president, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and several other officials have been found dead after their helicopter crashed in a foggy, mountainous region of the country’s northwest
May 19
In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Ebrahim Raisi attends a meeting with his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev during the inauguration ceremony of dam of Qiz Qalasi, or Castel of Girl in Azeri, at the border of Iran and Azerbaijan, Sunday, May 19, 2024. Raisi, a hard-line protégé 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 and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, has died in a helicopter crash, according to state media on Monday, May 20. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
May 19

Official tells Iranian state television that rescuers see the helicopter that was carrying Iran's president in distance

Official tells Iranian state television that rescuers see the helicopter that was carrying Iran's president in distance
May 19
May 19

Dominican Republic president, who promises to keep up migrant crackdown, heads to re-election as contenders concede

Dominican Republic president, who promises to keep up migrant crackdown, heads to re-election as contenders concede
May 19
May 19

China sanctions Boeing, two other U.S. defense companies on day of Taiwan's presidential inauguration

China sanctions Boeing, two other U.S. defense companies on day of Taiwan's presidential inauguration
May 19
May 19

Climate change impacts millions in India. But as the country votes, some politicians skirt the issue

Voters in India, from the rain-drenched Himalayas in the north to the sweltering, dry south, are looking for politicians who promise relief, stability and resilience to the wide-ranging and damaging effects of a warming climate
May 19
FILE - Rescuers remove mud and debris as they search for people feared trapped after a landslide near a temple on the outskirts of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh state, Aug.14, 2023. Voters in India, from the rain-drenched Himalayas in the north to the sweltering, dry south, are looking for politicians who promise relief, stability and resilience to the wide-ranging and damaging effects of a warming climate. (AP Photo/ Pradeep Kumar, File)
May 19

Lai Ching-te inaugurated as Taiwan's president, likely to bolster island's US ties

Lai Ching-te will continue Taiwan's policy of independence and bolster defenses.
May 19
New Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te, center, Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim, right, and former President Tsai Ing-wen wave during Lai's inauguration ceremonies in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, May 20, 2024. Taiwan inaugurated Lai as its new president Monday, installing a relative moderate who will continue the self-governing island democracy’s policy of de facto independence while seeking to bolster its defenses against China.(AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
May 19

Lai Ching-te is inaugurated as Taiwan's president in a transition that is likely to bolster island's ties with the U.S.

Lai Ching-te is inaugurated as Taiwan's president in a transition that is likely to bolster island's ties with the U.S.
May 19
May 19

Boat collision in Canada leaves 3 dead and 5 injured, Ontario police say

Police in Canada say a speed boat and a fishing boat collided on a lake north of Kingston, Ontario killing three people and injuring five others
May 19
May 19

Brazil's Cavalhadas festival celebrates victory of Iberian Christian knights over the Moors

People in the heartland Brazilian city of Pirenopolis are taking to the streets in a procession of the Cavalhadas festival
May 19
Flag girls take part in the Cavalhadas festival in Pirenopolis, Goias, Brazil, Sunday, May 19, 2024. A Portuguese priest brought the tradition to Brazil in the 1800s to celebrate the Holy Spirit and to commemorate the victory of Iberian Christian knights over the Moors. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
May 19

US troops to leave Niger by mid-September: Officials

Niger's military junta had negotiated the withdrawal with U.S. officials.
May 19
In this file photo taken Monday, April 16, 2018, a U.S. and Niger flag are raised side by side at the base camp for air forces and other personnel supporting the construction of Niger Air Base 201 in Agadez, Niger.
May 19

Helicopter crash that killed Iran's president and others could reverberate across the Middle East

The helicopter crash in which Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and other officials were killed is likely to reverberate across the Middle East, where Iran’s influence runs wide and deep
May 19
In this photo provided by Moj News Agency, rescue teams' vehicles are seen near the site of the incident of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Varzaghan in northwestern Iran, Sunday, May 19, 2024. A helicopter carrying President Raisi, the country's foreign minister and other officials apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran on Sunday, sparking a massive rescue operation in a fog-shrouded forest as the public was urged to pray. (Azin Haghighi/Moj News Agency via AP)
May 19

Comet lights up the sky over Spain and Portugal

A bright comet fragment lit up the skies in a spectacular display visible over parts of Spain and Portugal late Saturday night, according to the European Space Agency.
May 19
VIDEO: Comet lights up the sky over Spain and Portugal
May 19

What do we know so far about the helicopter crash that killed Iran's president and others?

The helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president and foreign minister has sent shock waves around the region
May 19
In this photo provided by Moj News Agency, rescue teams are seen near the site of the incident of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Varzaghan in northwestern Iran, Sunday, May 19, 2024. A helicopter carrying President Raisi, the country's foreign minister and other officials apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran on Sunday, sparking a massive rescue operation in a fog-shrouded forest as the public was urged to pray. (Azin Haghighi, Moj News Agency via AP)
May 19

Thousands protest against Mexico's president in the main square of Mexico City

Less than two weeks from Mexico’s national elections, opposition presidential candidate Xóchitl Gálvez is trying to close the gap between herself and governing party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum
May 19
Members of Mexico's military hold the Mexican flag before an opposition rally at the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, Sunday, May 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
May 19

Wave of electoral violence in southern Mexico claims 14 lives in matter of days

Officials in Mexico say at least 14 people have been killed in three different attacks against political candidates in recent days the violence-torn southern state of Chiapas
May 19
May 19

Europe's far right groups launch unofficial campaign for the European Union elections

Europe’s far right political parties have unofficially launched their campaign for the European Union elections in Spain with strong messages against illegal migration and the bloc’s climate policy
May 19
Protesters with masks of European far-right leaders pose during an anti-fascist demonstration as far-right party Vox members gather in Madrid with Argentina's president Javier Milei and European right wing leaders and representatives in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 19, 2024. Masks from left to right depict: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, Poland's former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Spanish leader of VOX, Santiago Abascal, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Oban and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni. (AP Photo/Paul White)
May 19

Who is Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's president whose helicopter suffered a 'hard landing'?

Iran’s hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi has long been seen as a protégé to Iran’s supreme leader and a potential successor for his position within the country’s Shiite theocracy
May 19
In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Ebrahim Raisi attends the inauguration ceremony of dam of Qiz Qalasi, or Castel of Girl in Azeri, at the border of Iran and Azerbaijan with his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev, Sunday, May 19, 2024. A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a "hard landing" on Sunday, Iranian state media reported, without immediately elaborating. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
May 19

Russian court freezes assets of two German banks in gas project dispute

The Russian state news agency Tass says a court in St. Petersburg has ordered the seizing of assets of Germany's Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank in Russia
May 19
May 19

Robbers made off with 'several million euros' of jewels in armed heist of ‘Jeweler to the Stars’

French prosecutors say armed robbers who used a motorbike as a battering ram made off with “several million" dollars' worth of valuables in a heist of the luxury Paris boutique of self-declared “Jeweler to the Stars” Harry Winston
May 19
Police forensic officers inspect the entrance of the Harry Winston jewelry after a robbery in Paris, Saturday, May 18, 2024. French police investigators were hunting Saturday for armed robbers on motorbikes who hit a jewelry store on one of Paris' poshest streets, and media reports said the target was the exclusive Harry Winston boutique, self-described "Jeweler to the Stars." (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
May 19

The Israel-Hamas war is testing whether campuses are sacrosanct places for speech and protest

Colleges and universities have long been protected places for free expression without pressure or punishment
May 19
FILE - Police use tear gas and night sticks to break up anti- Vietnam war demonstrations at the University of Wisconsin campus in Madison, Oct. 18, 1967. Colleges and universities have long been protected places for free expression without pressure or punishment. But protests over Israel's conduct of the war in Gaza in its hunt for Hamas after the Oct. 7 massacre has tested that ideal around the world. The crackdowns are reviving memories of student-led protests during the American civil rights movement, the Vietnam War and the pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. (AP Photo/Neal Ulevich, File)
May 19

Iranian state television says helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi had a 'hard landing,' without elaborating

Iranian state television says helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi had a 'hard landing,' without elaborating
May 19
May 19

Helicopter carrying Iran's president suffers a 'hard landing,' state TV says

The incident happened near Jolfa, a city on the border with Azerbaijan.
May 19
In this photo provided by Moj News Agency, rescue teams are seen near the site of the incident of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Varzaghan in northwestern Iran, Sunday, May 19, 2024. A helicopter carrying President Raisi, the country's foreign minister and other officials apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran on Sunday, sparking a massive rescue operation in a fog-shrouded forest as the public was urged to pray. (Azin Haghighi, Moj News Agency via AP)
May 19

Iranian state TV says rescuers trying to reach site of helicopter involved in 'incident' while traveling with president

Iranian state TV says rescuers trying to reach site of helicopter involved in 'incident' while traveling with president
May 19