TEHRAN— Prince Mansour bin Miteb, advisor to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, minister of state and member of the Cabinet, and Prince Faisal bin Farhan, minister of foreign affairs, conveyed to senior Iranian officials the condolences and sympathy (...)
Funeral ceremonies are set to begin on Tuesday for the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi following his death in a helicopter crash, as authorities probe what caused the aircraft to smash into the side of a remote mountainside during foggy weather (...)
Iranian media has confirmed the death of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, aged 63, and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian following a helicopter crash in the country's mountainous province of East Azerbaijan.
Iranian state media Press TV and (...)
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has announced five days of mourning following the death of the country's President, Ebrahim Raisi.
Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash in a mountainous area of north-western Iran, along with Foreign (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia expressed on Monday its condolences over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and a number of other senior officials in a helicopter crash on Sunday.
Custodian of the Two Holy (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan made a phone call on Monday with Iran's Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani.
During the call, Prince Faisal offered to Kani his deep condolences and sincere sympathy over the (...)
A helicopter ferrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi encountered a "hard landing" near Jolfa, a city on the Iran-Azerbaijan border, as reported by Iranian state TV.
The incident occurred 600 kilometers northwest of Tehran in East Azerbaijan (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia expressed grave concern over the media reports regarding the accident happened to a helicopter carrying Iran's President Dr. Ebrahim Raisi and an accompanying delegation, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. The (...)
India has urged the US not to take a "narrow view" of its port agreement with Iran, a day after Washington warned that countries doing business deals with Tehran risked sanctions.
On Monday, India signed a 10-year deal with Iran to develop the (...)
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will welcome Vladimir Putin to China on Thursday for the Russian president's second visit in less than a year – the latest sign of their growing alignment amid hardening global fault lines as conflict devastates Gaza and (...)
The US has warned of potential sanctions for any country considering business deals with Iran, hours after India signed a 10-year contract to operate a port with Tehran.
India had entered an agreement to develop the strategically important Chabahar (...)
Nine hours and 30 minutes ahead of New York. Five hours and 30 minutes ahead of London. Three hours and 30 minutes behind Tokyo.
For more than a century, India's clocks have officially fallen short of the full hour in calculating any time difference (...)
The US Senate has approved a $95bn (£76bn) foreign aid package that includes military support for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
President Joe Biden is expected to sign the legislation into law on Wednesday.
The Senate on Tuesday evening backed the (...)
Australian police have arrested seven teenagers as part of a wave of counter-terrorism raids across Sydney, claiming it was "likely" the youths may have been plotting an attack.
The suspects are believed to share a "religiously motivated violent (...)
US President Joe Biden has signed a $95bn (£76bn) package of aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
"It's going to make America safer, it's going to make the world safer," he said after signing the bill into law.
The president said the US would "right (...)
MADINAH — The first batch of Iranian pilgrims arrived on Monday at Prince Muhammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah on their way to Makkah to perform Umrah, after a hiatus of nine years. Iranian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Ali Reza (...)
Following reports of alleged Israeli strikes inside Iran near a nuclear power station early Friday, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a new appeal to all parties to "stop the dangerous cycle of retaliation in the Middle East".
"The (...)
After months of delay, the House of Representatives is due to vote on tens of billions of dollars in US military aid for Ukraine and Israel.
Both measures have vocal opponents in Congress, and their hopes of passage have hinged on a fragile (...)
A military base in Iraq housing a pro-Iranian militia has been damaged in an explosion, killing one and wounding eight, security officials there have said.
Iraq's military reported no drones or fighter jets in the area before or during the (...)
An unclaimed aerial attack in central Iran on Friday comes fresh on the heels of tit-for-tat Iranian and Israeli strikes earlier this month, marking a potentially dangerous escalation of the Middle East conflict.
Israel carried out the strike inside (...)
LONDON — Israel's attack on Iran was not the fierce response that US President Joe Biden and other western leaders had feared.
They have been urging Israel to draw a line under the dangerous series of events that started with Israel's assassination (...)
The president of the European Council hopes Friday's apparent Israeli retaliation will be the last in the recent escalation with Iran and believes the next "hours and days" will be critical.
Charles Michel spoke exclusively to Euronews hours after (...)
This morning warning sirens sounded across northern Israel as they do most days. The army said later that it was a false alarm. But for the people of Israel it was a reminder — if one were needed — of just how fast and how easily Iran could (...)
Israel has carried out a military strike inside Iran, a US official told CNN Friday, the latest move in a dangerous escalation that threatens to push the already volatile region into all-out war.
The US was given advance notification Thursday of an (...)
Global oil and gold prices jumped and shares fell after US officials said an Israeli missile had struck Iran.
After initial sharp moves in Asia on Friday, the market reaction eased with Brent crude oil trading around 1.7% higher, to sit above $88 a (...)