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Bodies of those killed in Iran helicopter crash being transported to Tabriz

The bodies of those killed in the helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president will be transported to the city of Tabriz, the head of the Iranian Red Crescent said, according to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News.

May 20, 2024 4:52 pm
 

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister were killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and icy weather, an Iranian official said, after search teams located the wreckage in East Azerbaijan province.

May 20, 2024 4:49 pm
 

Pacific Islands

Australia, NZ unable to send evacuation flights to New Caledonia

A thousand police arrived in New Caledonia from France and street clashes had calmed, the French High Commission said on Monday, but Australia and New Zealand were unable to send in evacuation flights for tourists stranded on the Pacific island.

May 20, 2024 4:41 pm
 

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Israel seeks bipartisan US support

Israel called for bipartisan support from the United States against the establishment of a Palestinian state, which it said would be a reward for Hamas and its backer Iran.

May 20, 2024 3:27 pm
 

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Iranian President Raisi feared dead as helicopter wreckage found

Hopes are fading that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister have survived a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and icy weather, an Iranian official said after search teams located the wreckage.

May 20, 2024 2:48 pm
 

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Spain recalls ambassador after Argentina's Milei calls PM's wife 'corrupt'

Spain recalled its ambassador to Buenos Aires for consultations after Argentina’s President Javier Milei made derogatory comments about Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s wife during a far-right rally in Madrid.

May 20, 2024 2:19 pm
 

World

DRC army says it stopped attempted coup involving US citizens

The leader of an attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been killed and some 50 people including three American citizens arrested, a spokesman for the Central African country’s army told Reuters.

May 20, 2024 1:24 pm
 

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Slovak PM Fico's attacker may not have acted alone, says minister

The suspect in an assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico may not have been just a “lone wolf” as previously believed, the interior minister said, as security services try to shed light on an attack that sent shockwaves through Europe.

May 20, 2024 12:30 pm
 

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Two dead, five missing after boat collision on Danube in Hungary

Two people were killed and five others were missing after a small motor boat collided with a cruise ship on the Danube River north of Budapest late on Saturday, Hungarian police said.

May 20, 2024 11:16 am
 

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Russian strikes on Ukraine's Kharkiv region kill at least 11

Russia struck a busy lakeside resort on the edge of Ukraine’s second largest city and also attacked villages in the surrounding region, killing at least 11 people and wounding scores.

May 20, 2024 10:26 am
 

Pacific Islands

France mobilises police to regain control of New Caledonia airport road

French police trying to restore order in the island territory of New Caledonia after days of deadly unrest have cleared dozens of barricades that had been blocking the main road linking the airport to the capital, Noumea, a senior official said.

May 20, 2024 9:10 am
 

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Forty-seven dead in heavy rain, floods in northern Afghanistan

At least 47 people have died after continued heavy rain and flooding in northern Afghanistan, an official said, a day after a similar number were killed in a central province.

May 20, 2024 8:52 am

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