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Iran presidential election: Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian ahead of hard-liner Saeed Jalili

Abhinav Thawait

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Seesawing results released early Saturday in Iran’s presidential election put the race between reformist ...

Iran votes in snap poll for new president after hard-liner’s death, but turnout remains a question

Abhinav Thawait

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranians voted Friday in a snap election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim ...

Over 1,000 pilgrims died during Hajj pilgrimage this year

Abhinav Thawait

CAIRO (AP) — More than 1,000 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced ...

More than 1,000 people die at hajj pilgrimage 2024 amid extreme heat in Saudi Arabia, AFP reports

Abhinav Thawait

Riyadh — The death toll from this year’s hajj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said on Thursday, more than half ...

Hajj 2024: At least 14 pilgrims die from sunstroke

Abhinav Thawait

MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Masses of pilgrims on Sunday embarked on a symbolic stoning of the devil in Saudi ...

Prisoner swap: Iran releases EU diplomat, Sweden frees Hamid Nouri

Abhinav Thawait

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran and Sweden carried out a prisoner swap Saturday that saw Tehran release a ...

UN approves resolution to commemorate the 1995 Srebrenica genocide annually over Serb opposition

Abhinav Thawait

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations approved a resolution Thursday establishing an annual day to commemorate the 1995 genocide ...

Ebrahim Raisi funeral: Iran prepares to bury late president killed in helicopter crash

Abhinav Thawait

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran interred President Ebrahim Raisi at the nation’s holiest Shiite shrine Thursday, days after ...

Iran holds funeral for president Raisi and others killed in helicopter crash

Abhinav Thawait

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader presided over a funeral Wednesday for the country’s late president, foreign ...

Iran helicopter crash: Iran President has died in office. Who succeeds Khamenei?

Abhinav Thawait

JERUSALEM (AP) — The death of Iran’s president is unlikely to lead to any immediate changes in Iran’s ruling system ...