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News Articles: Middle East

In this handout image supplied by the Office of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is pictured at the Qiz Qalasi Dam, constructed on the Aras River on the joint borders between Iran and Azerbaijan. Raisi was seen as a potential successor to Iran's supreme leader.

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  • Middle East

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-liner who crushed dissent, dies at 63

Iran's ultraconservative president, killed in a helicopter crash, oversaw a crackdown on women's protests and was linked to extrajudicial killings in the 1980s.

May 20, 2024
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By:
  • James Hider
The International Criminal Court building in The Hague, Netherlands, on April 30.

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  • World

The International Criminal Court is seeking warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders

The prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague said he will seek arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and three Hamas leaders.

May 20, 2024
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By:
  • Willem Marx
President Biden speaks to graduating students at the Morehouse College commencement Sunday in Atlanta.

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  • Politics

At Morehouse, Biden says dissent should be heard because democracy is 'still the way'

Facing potential headwinds with both young voters and Black voters, President Biden's Morehouse College commencement address focused on his view of the importance — and future of — democracy.

May 20, 2024
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler and
  • Jeongyoon Han
In this photo released by the Iranian first vice president's office, Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber, right, now acting President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, leads a cabinet meeting in Tehran on Monday.

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  • Middle East

What to know about Mohammad Mokhber, who is stepping in as interim president of Iran

Mohammad Mokhber worked in state-affiliated financial organizations before entering politics. He will lead the Iranian government until its presidential election, which must take place within 50 days.

May 20, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is shown placing his hands on his heart as a gesture of respect to the crowd during the funeral ceremony of the victims of a bomb explosion in the city of Kerman, Iran, on Jan. 5, 2024.

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  • World

Iran's president has died in a helicopter crash, state media reports

Iranian state media reported Monday that no survivors had been found at the site of a helicopter crash and that an acting president has been named.

May 20, 2024
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez and
  • Ayana Archie
Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., questions Columbia University president Nemat Shafik during a House committee hearing on antisemitism in higher education last month.

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  • Middle East

In Knesset speech, GOP's Elise Stefanik calls for unrestricted U.S. war aid to Israel

Stefanik spoke before a caucus of Israel's parliament focused on antisemitism on college campuses around the world. She called for Hamas to be wiped "off the face of the earth."

May 19, 2024
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By:
  • Brian Mann
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 13, 2024.

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  • Middle East

U.S. national security adviser and Saudi Arabia crown prince hold security deal talks

President Biden's national security adviser met early Sunday with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss a wide-ranging security agreement between the countries.

May 19, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Mourners pray over the bodies of Palestinians who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat, at the Al Aqsa hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, May 19, 2024.

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  • Middle East

An airstrike kills 20 in central Gaza as Israel's leaders air wartime divisions

An Israeli airstrike killed 20 people in central Gaza, mostly women and children, on Sunday, as fighting raged and Israel's leaders aired divisions over who should govern Gaza after the war.

May 19, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Benny Gantz speaks at the Pentagon in December 2021 in Arlington, Va. Gantz, a former army chief and current minister in Israel's three-member war cabinet, said he would quit the government in three weeks if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not advance a plan to replace Hamas in Gaza.

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  • Middle East

A member of Israel's war cabinet says he'll quit if there is no plan to replace Hamas

The ultimatum by war cabinet member Benny Gantz reflects discontent among Israel's leadership about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the Gaza war and his far-right political partners.

May 19, 2024
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin
Palestinians receive medical care at the European hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday.

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  • Middle East

A U.S. doctor in Gaza wants President Biden to know 'we are not safe'

Dr. Adam Hamawy is a former U.S. Army combat surgeon currently in Gaza. He said he's treating primarily civilians, rather than combatants: "mostly children, many women, many elderly."

May 18, 2024
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By:
  • Clare Marie Schneider and
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
Basil Rodriguez was arrested linking arms outside Hamilton Hall, but said the arrest had strengthened their resolve to continue protesting. The trespassing charge Rodriguez faced was dismissed this week.

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  • Education

Arrested. Injured. Suspended. Six NYC university students say they'll keep protesting

Students arrested at Columbia University and the City College of New York spoke with NPR about their choice to risk legal and academic consequences.

May 18, 2024
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By:
  • Adrian Florido
Passersby observe the photos of hostages held in the Gaza Strip that are plastered to the walls of a plaza known as Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, May 17, 2024.

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  • Middle East

Israel recovers the bodies of 3 hostages

The three were identified as Shani Louk, Amit Buskila and Yitzhak Gelernter. Israel's military said they had been killed by Hamas militants when they attacked a music festival on Oct. 7.

May 17, 2024
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  • James Hider
The U.S. military finished installing the floating pier in Gaza on Thursday, with officials poised to begin ferrying badly needed humanitarian aid into the enclave besieged over seven months of intense fighting in the Israel-Hamas war.

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  • Middle East

Rafah is running out of food, even as the U.S. pier starts operating in Gaza

The first trucks of aid entered Gaza via a pier built by the U.S. But it's challenging to move aid around Gaza, and humanitarian groups operating in Rafah warn they don't have food to distribute.

May 17, 2024
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By:
  • Lauren Migaki and
  • Aya Batrawy
The image provided by U.S, Central Command, shows U.S. Army soldiers, U.S. Navy sailors and Israel Defense Forces placing the Trident Pier on the coast of Gaza Strip on Thursday.

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  • Middle East

U.S. military says aid is now being delivered into Gaza over a floating pier

The shipment is the first in an operation that U.S. military officials anticipate could scale up to 150 truckloads a day entering the Gaza Strip as Israel presses in on the southern city of Rafah.

May 17, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Israeli military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari stands at the opening to a tunnel near the border with Israel on Dec. 15, 2023, northern Gaza Strip. The Israeli military said this was the largest tunnel they'd found yet in Gaza.

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  • World

Israel has no plan for Gaza after Hamas rule, the Israeli defense chief says

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant's harsh public critique of Israel's war strategy set off a political firestorm that could threaten Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hold on power.

May 16, 2024
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  • Daniel Estrin
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