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Intense search for Iran's President Raisi after helicopter 'accident'
Iran was thrown into uncertainty Sunday as search and rescue teams scoured a fog-shrouded mountain area after President Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter went missing in what state media described as an "accident".More than 60 rescue teams using search dogs and drones were sent to the mountainous protected forest area of Dizmar near the town of Varzaghan, the IRNA news agency reported.
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U.N. Relief Chief Says Gaza’s Aid Shortages Will Bring ‘Apocalyptic’ Consequences
Martin Griffiths said that the Israeli military's decision to effectively close two major aid crossings will only worsen Gaza's already deadly starvation crisis.
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US envoy touts 'potential' of Israel-Saudi deal in Netanyahu talks
US President Joe Biden's national security advisor briefed Benjamin Netanyahu on the "potential" of a normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia after holding talks in the region, the White House said Sunday."Mr Sullivan briefed Prime Minister Netanyahu and his team on these meetings and the potential that may now be available for Israel, as well as the Palestinian people," the White House said.
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Dominicans vote for president in poll overshadowed by Haiti crisis
The Dominican Republic voted Sunday with President Luis Abinader poised for comfortable reelection on the back of widespread support for his tough stance on migration from troubled neighbor Haiti.The migration issue has not been a divisive one in the election, with both Fernandez and Abinader backing the deportation of Haitian migrants and increased border security.
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IS group claims deadly Afghanistan attack on tourists
The Islamic State group on Sunday claimed responsibility for an attack targeting tourists in Afghanistan that killed three Spaniards and three Afghans.Spanish officials said Sunday that all three Spaniards killed in the attack were from Catalonia.
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DR Congo thwarts Kinshasa 'coup attempt': army
The DR Congo military on Sunday said it had thwarted an "attempted coup" near the offices of President Felix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa involving "foreigners and Congolese".The coup bid was led by Christian Malanga, a Congolese man who was a "naturalised American" and had been "definitively neutralised" -– killed -- by the security forces, Ekenge said in a broadcast on Sunday evening.
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France's Macron calls fresh emergency on New Caledonia unrest
French President Emmanuel Macron called a meeting of his defence and security council for Monday to discuss the deadly unrest in the Pacific territory of New Caledonia.New Caledonia, with a population of about 270,000, has been convulsed by unrest since Monday, sparked by French plans to impose new rules that would give tens of thousands of non-Indigenous residents voting rights.
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