[ad_1] Russia and Ukraine targeted each other’s territory on Sunday with drone attacks and airstrikes that hit urban centers and energy facilities, as both sides look for ways to inflict damage beyond the battlefield. The Russian military said it had…
[ad_1] Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, was sworn into office on Monday, facing hard choices about how to secure the island democracy’s future in turbulent times — with wars flaring abroad, rifts in the United States over American security priorities, and…
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[ad_1] A helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran and his foreign minister crashed on Sunday in the country’s mountainous northwest, according to state media, deepening the turmoil that has gripped the nation on both the international and domestic fronts…
[ad_1] A helicopter carrying Iran’s president crashed A helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran crashed in a remote part of the country yesterday, according to state media. The helicopter — which was also carrying the foreign minister, Hossein Amir…
[ad_1] Even before the announcement on Sunday of the crash of a helicopter believed to be carrying Iran’s president, relations between Tehran and the United States had come perilously close to open conflict. What unfolds in the next few days…
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[ad_1] Ebrahim Raisi, 63, a hard-line religious cleric, was elected president of Iran in 2021. In his tenure as president, he has overseen a strategy to expand his country’s regional influence — backing militant proxies across the Middle East, expediting…
[ad_1] Updated May 19, 2024, 12:36 p.m. ET May 19, 2024, 12:36 p.m. ET A helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran crashed on Sunday, according to Iranian state media and the country’s mission to the United Nations, but has…