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UN, NATO officials offer condolences to the ‘Butcher of Tehran’

Officials from the United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have expressed condolences to Iran after a helicopter crash in the mountains of northern Iran killed President Ebrahim Raisi and several other senior officials. NATO spokesperson Farah Dahlullah said: “We mourn the loss of President Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir Abdullahian and others who died […]

Lebanon foreign minister ‘feels great loss’ over death of Iran president, other officials in helicopter crash

Lebanon’s Caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bouhabib expressed his condolences on Monday over the deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian. Iranian state media said Raisi, Amirabdollahian and others were found dead after their helicopter crashed in a foggy mountainous area in the country’s northwest. “Since I came to this office, I […]

Officials blame climate change as mosquitoes swarm Texas town

As Texas towns battle another spring surge of mosquitoes, officials are pointing to climate change. Miss Burley, who lives in the Houston suburb of Conroe, Texas, said of the problem: “When I open my car door to go somewhere, there are 10 mosquitoes inside.” The Washington Post reported. Varley, who has lived in the Montgomery […]

Assad officials face landmark Paris trial over killing of student and father | Syria

At midnight on November 3, 2013, five Syrian officials dragged arts and humanities student Patrick Dabbar from his home in Damascus’ Mezeh district. At the same time the next day, the same men, including representatives from the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Unit, returned with more than a dozen soldiers and arrested the 20-year-old father, Matzen. […]

Latest Houthi strike in Red Sea hits oil tanker: US officials

In the latest attack in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, a ballistic missile struck a Greek-owned and operated oil tanker early Saturday morning, U.S. officials said. Around 1 a.m. local time, an Iranian-backed group attacked the oil tanker Wind with a single anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM). The Panamanian-flagged ship Wind recently docked in […]