In move aimed at diverting attention away from his failed COVID policies, Turkish president blasts Israeli "terrorist state," says Ankara will lead the struggle against Israel at the UN.
Judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi has emerged as a possible successor to Supreme leader Ali Khamenei, while former parliament speaker Ali Larijani is hoping for support from moderates, as well.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has become a caricature of Western perceptions of the Islamic Republic's worst attributes, such as questioning the Holocaust, insisting Iran had no gay or lesbian citizens, and hinting Iran could build a nuclear weapon if it chose to do so.
"Hamas will not abandon Jerusalem, nor will we abandon the resistance," Ismail Haniyeh asserts as international mediators urge de-escalation.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, meanwhile, tells Jordan's King Abdullah that Israel's "inhumane" attacks against Palestinians were aimed at all Muslims.
Protester in Tehran fails to take prevailing wind conditions into account and pays the price.
"The cache of weapons included dozens of advanced Russian-made anti-tank guided missiles, thousands of Chinese Type 56 assault rifles, and hundreds of machine guns, sniper rifles, and rocket-propelled grenades launchers. Other weapon components included advanced optical sights," Fifth Fleet says.
The image is said to demonstrate the anti-American ideology of the Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Born in Damascus in 1943, Rabbi Avraham Hamra served as Syria's chief rabbi until making aliyah in 1994. In Israel, Hamra served as spiritual leader of Lebanese, Syrian Israelis.
Palestinian correspondent Rewaa Mershid was filming near the Gaza border on April 25 when she says members of Hamas border control beat her with a branch of a lemon tree for not wearing a headscarf. Hamas has promised to punish the offender. Mershid: I'm looking for opportunities outside Gaza.
