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Raisi’s death: Iran declares five days of mourning
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced on Monday a five days of mourning for President Ebrahim Raisi who died in a helicopter crash. Ali Khamenei expressed his condolences following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and also Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian. “I announce five days of public mourning and offer my condolences to the dear people of Iran,” said…
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UPDATED: Iran’s President Raisi, FM Amirabdollahian die in helicopter crash
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian have been killed in a helicopter crash in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. Raisi died after a helicopter carrying him and other officials crashed in a mountainous and forested area of the country in poor weather. The 63-year-old, a figure representing conservative and hardline factions in Iranian politics, was president for nearly…
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Home Office threatens to deport disabled Nigerian after 38years in UK
A disabled man who has lived in the UK for 38 years has been threatened with removal from the UK by the Home Office. Anthony Olubunmi George, 61, came to the UK at the age of 24 in 1986 from Nigeria. He has not left the UK since and has no criminal convictions. In 2019, he had two strokes, which left him with…
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Helicopter carrying Iran’s President suffers ‘hard landing’
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has suffered a “hard landing”, state television reported, saying more details will follow soon as search operations are under way for the helicopter. Iranian state media said the incident occurred on Sunday near Jolfa in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. A day earlier, Raisi was in neighbouring Azerbaijan to inaugurate a dam alongside President…
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Three killed as military stop ‘attempted coup’ in DR Congo
A total of three people have been reported killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DR Congo) capital following a shootout between armed men in military uniform and guards of a top politician – an incident the army described as an attempted coup. Two police officers and one of the attackers were among those killed in the shootout that started…
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Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso conclude plans to form alliance
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have finalised plans to form a confederation after turning their backs on former colonial ruler France to seek closer ties with Russia. Their foreign ministers met Friday in Niger’s capital Niamey to agree on a text establishing the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). “The objective was to finalise the draft text relating…
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ECOWAS: I’m confident in Tinubu’s experience, wisdom, leadership- Faye
By Kunle Sanni Senegal’s President, Bassirou Faye says he is confident in President Bola Tinubu’s experience and wisdom to provide strong leadership and maintain unity and peace among the ECOWAS countries. He made these remarks during his visit to President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday. Faye also highlighted the shared values, ideals, and challenges between Nigeria…
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Russia gives British diplomat seven days to leave Moscow
A British diplomat has been given seven days to leave Russia in an escalation of a diplomatic spat over spying. The Russian foreign ministry said in a statement the removal of Capt Adrian Coghill was in response to “unfriendly anti-Russian actions” from Britain. On 8 May, the Russian defence attache was expelled from London for alleged espionage as an “undeclared…
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Israeli minister tackles Netanyahu over post-war plan for Gaza
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has voiced open frustration at the government’s failure to address the question of a post-war plan for Gaza, according to a report by BBC. In a rare public sign of divisions over the direction of the military campaign within Israel’s war cabinet, Gallant urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare publicly that Israel has no…
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Slovakia’s prime minister in life-threatening condition after shooting
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has been shot in what officials are calling an assassination attempt On Wednesday evening, the Slovak defence minister said Fico had been in surgery for three-and-a-half hours and was “fighting for his life” Fico was reportedly hit in the stomach, arm and leg – the interior minister says he was shot five times. The alleged…
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