Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash The helicopter crashed while crossing mountainous terrain, killing all passengers MEE staff Sun, 05/19/2024 – 17:21 President Ebrahim Raisi, 63, took office in 2021 (AFP) Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister were killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and icy weather, Iran’s state […]
Israel’s Gantz threatens to quit unless post-war Gaza plan approved
Israel’s Gantz threatens to quit unless post-war Gaza plan approved Gantz adds pressure on Netanyahu days after defence minister vowed to resign if no day-after plan is formed MEE staff Sun, 05/19/2024 – 11:23 Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz arrives at the US State Department in Washington DC on 5 March 2024 (AFP) Israeli […]
‘No place is safe’ in Gaza, as 800,000 Palestinians flee Rafah
‘No place is safe’ in Gaza, as 800,000 Palestinians flee Rafah Heavy bombardment targets areas across Gaza and Israeli army issues new evacuation order in the north MEE staff Sun, 05/19/2024 – 14:48 Mourners react next to the bodies of Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike, at Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir Al-Balah in the central […]
Iran: Helicopter carrying President Raisi ‘crashes in mountains’
Iran: Helicopter carrying President Raisi ‘crashes in mountains’ Interior ministry confirms incident, says rescue teams were being hampered by difficult weather conditions MEE correspondent Sun, 05/19/2024 – 14:41 Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi during a meeting with his Azeri counterpart at the site of Qiz Qalasi, the third dam jointly built by Iran and Azerbaijan on […]
Cambridge University to negotiate divestment from Israel with student protesters
Cambridge University to negotiate divestment from Israel with student protesters Students demand the university cuts ties with companies complicit in ‘ethnic cleansing of Palestine’ Imran Mulla Sun, 05/19/2024 – 09:32 The student encampment on Cambridge’s famed King’s Parade (AFP) Negotiations between England’s University of Cambridge and the organisers of the Cambridge student encampment for Gaza […]
Egypt has destroyed more than 2,000 Gaza tunnels, secret files reveal
Egypt has destroyed more than 2,000 Gaza tunnels, secret files reveal Exclusive: Military documents reveal scale of Egyptian operations in border city of Rafah – and plans for a canal along the border MEE correspondent Wed, 05/15/2024 – 11:18 Egyptian soldiers watch during a military operation in the Egyptian city of Rafah, near the border […]
US focused on hunting down Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, in bid to end Gaza war
US focused on hunting down Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, in bid to end Gaza war Officials say Biden administration is roughly one month behind on last known location of Hamas’s Gaza chief Sean Mathews Tue, 05/14/2024 – 20:28 Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’s Gaza chief, shakes hands with a masked fighter in Gaza City, on 14 December […]
Tunisia: Ghannouchi says ‘judges under threat’, in letter refusing to appear in court
Tunisia: Ghannouchi says ‘judges under threat’, in letter refusing to appear in court The letter to a judge comes as a court upholds a three-year sentence against the Ennahda leader MEE staff Sat, 05/18/2024 – 15:33 Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the Tunisian Ennahdha party, departs his house to go to the offices of the counterterrorism […]
War on Gaza: Injured Columbia University student contradicts NYPD’s claims over arrests
War on Gaza: Injured Columbia University student contradicts NYPD’s claims over arrests This testimony is one of many that have begun to emerge and contradicts official accounts of arrests at Columbia and campuses across New York City Mukta Joshi Wed, 05/15/2024 – 18:50 Allie Wong stands near Columbia University’s Morningside Heights campus with her bandaged […]
West Bank: Israeli air strike kills senior Palestinian fighter in Jenin camp
West Bank: Israeli air strike kills senior Palestinian fighter in Jenin camp Israeli forces also conducted overnight raids across the occupied West Bank, detaining several Palestinian workers from Gaza MEE staff Sat, 05/18/2024 – 11:27 Palestinian boys walk near a damaged building in the aftermath of an Israeli air strike on Jenin camp in the […]