Ebrahim Raisí

Among the dead was Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, 60. The helicopter also carried the governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, other officials and bodyguards

The army has canceled leave for all combat troops, called up Air Force reservists and beefed up missile defenses amid fears Tehran will launch an attack on Friday

Putin has sought to boost Russia’s profile as a power broker in the conflict in the Middle East and challenge Washington, casting the war as a failure of U.S. diplomacy

Saudi Prince Faisal bin Farhan will present the positions of Islamic countries in the absence of Israel, which has declined to attend the summit

The U.S. president met with Benjamin Netanyahu and offered Washington’s support but added there are ‘a lot of people out there who are not sure’ about responsibility for the al-Ahli bombing

President Ebrahim Raisi spoke in Uganda, which recently passed anti-gay legislation prescribing the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality

The deal represents a major diplomatic victory for the Chinese as Gulf Arab states perceive the United States slowly withdrawing from the wider Middle East