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Tehran [Iran], May 20 (ANI): Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Monday tasked Vice President Mohammad Mokhber to assume interim duties after President Ebrahim Raisi was confirmed to have died in the helicopter crash, a day before. Iranian State media earlier today confirmed the deaths of the 63-year-old Raisi, his foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and seven others in Sunday's helicopter crash

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 20 (ANI): Sanjay Dutt and Priya Dutt, children of late politician and veteran actor Sunil Dutt, stepped out to exercise their franchise on Monday in the Lok Sabha elections. After casting his vote at his designated polling booth in the city during the fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls, Sanjay posed for the shutterbugs and flaunted his inked finger. He also urged all to participate in the ele

VERA Files presented the updated Media Ownership Monitoring (MOM) Database on May 17 at a program hosted by the University of the Philippines - Diliman's College of Mass Communication in Quezon City. In partnership with the Germany-based Global Media Registry (GMR) and with the financial support of the German Embassy in Manila,

New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): The volume of container movements increased at most Indian ports on a yearly basis during the first quarter of 2024, according to an analysis by SP Global Market Intelligence, a financial information and analytics firm. The biggest increase was registered at Kattupalli port with a yearly increase of 91 per cent, as per the report by the financial information and analytics firm. Oceanside p

John Barnett's body was found days before he was due to testify in a lawsuit against the aircraft manufacturer

Moscow [Russia], May 20 (ANI): As global reactions pour in following the deaths of Iranian Foreign Minister Ebrahim Raisi and other officials in a helicopter crash, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov offered condolences. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed grief on Monday over the news of the "tragic deaths" of President Raisi and the Foreign Minister. "We are deeply saddened by the news of the tragic dea

Pakistan declared a day of mourning, and Lebanon three days of mourning, as governments expressed condolences to Iran after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in a helicopter crash.

Ebrahim Raisi's aircraft hit the ground in a mountainous area during bad weather

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 20 (ANI): India Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for heavy rainfall in the districts of Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam and Kollam in Kerala and a red alert for severe rainfall in the districts of Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Alapuzha and Idukki untill Tuesday. The districts, including Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode and Wayanad, have received yellow alerts

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GUIYANG, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Moved by the cheerful rhythm of a song and dressed in her own ethnic costume, Chen Chuanqian, along with many others from different et

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 (Xinhua) -- In line with the global trade recovery, Malaysia's exports in April rebounded by 9.1 percent year-on-year to 114.72 billion ringgit (24.49 billion U.S. dollars) after two consecutive months of contraction, official data showed Monday.

Ebrahim Raisi was a friend to Russia and a wonderful person, the Russian president has said

New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): The fifth round of the Lok Sabha elections for 49 parliamentary constituencies saw a cumulative voter turnout of 36.73 per cent till 1 pm, as per the data shared by the Election Commission. According to the poll body, Ladakh recorded the highest voter turnout (52.02 per cent) followed by West Bengal (48.41 per cent), Jharkhand (41.89 per cent), Uttar Pradesh (39.55 per cent), Odisha (35.31

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This photo taken on May 10, 2024, shows a train drives into the Lebu Railway Station in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Xinhua/Liu Fangqiang)

Ubah Ismail Ahmed, a team leader at the Nagad railway station on the out

A helicopter carrying Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and other officials crashed in the mountainous north-west reaches of Iran on Sunday May 19, sparking a rescue operation in thick fog and driving rain. On Monday, search and rescue teams reached the crash site and "found no signs of the helicopter's occupants being alive".

Expressing his condolences, the Indian PM underscored Raisi's role in enhancing bilateral ties between New Delhi and Tehran

Tehran [Iran], May 20 (ANI): The bodies of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, his foreign minister and other officials who were killed in a helicopter crash were transported to Tabriz city in Iran, state media reported on Monday, citing the Red Crescent. The head of the Islamic Republic Red Crescent Society (IRCS), Pir Hossein Kolivand, said in televised statement today that the large-scale search and rescue operation for R

Tehran [Iran], May 20 (ANI): Following the tragic death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, world leaders offered their condolences on Monday to Raisi, the Iranian Foreign Minister and other officials who were on board. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced that the country will observe a one-day of mourning and the flag will fly at half mast as a mark of respect for President Raisi and h

FUZHOU, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Transformed by humming production lines and machines, tonnes of fresh sweet potatoes turn into packets of crispy sweet potato chips. This bustling scene unfolds daily at a sweet potato processing facility in the east of China.

Reactions to last week's Federal Budget may help answer some puzzling questions, Alan Austin reports.

New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar condoled the deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian died in a helicopter crash in the country's mountainous northwest region. The aircraft, which also carried other officials, had disappeared in the mountains of northwestern Iran. Jaishankar recalled his meetings with Raisi and Amir-Abdillahian, hel

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said the new fortifications will prepare the frontier with Belarus and Russia in case of war

Ebrahim Raisi, 63, was elected president in 2021, after a decades-long career in the judiciary

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem Sunday to discuss a more targeted Israeli military operation against Hamas in Gaza that would lower risks of civilian collateral damage.

TEHRAN, Iran - The president of Iran is dead, government and non-government media in Iran reported Monday.