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BY ABBY SEWELL, Associated Press 59 mins ago In this photo provided by Islamic Republic News Agency, IRNA, the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi takes off at the Iranian border with Azerbaijan after President Raisi and his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev inaugurated the dam of Qiz Qalasi, or Castel of Girl in Azeri, Iran, Sunday, May 19, 2024. A helicopter carrying President Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, Iranian state media reported, without elaborating. (Ali Hamed Haghdoust/IRNA via AP) BEIRUT (AP) — The apparent crash of a helicopter carrying Iran’s president and foreign minister on Sunday sent shock…

BY ABBY SEWELL, Associated Press 47 mins ago In this photo provided by Islamic Republic News Agency, IRNA, the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi takes off at the Iranian border with Azerbaijan after President Raisi and his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev inaugurated the dam of Qiz Qalasi, or Castel of Girl in Azeri, Iran, Sunday, May 19, 2024. A helicopter carrying President Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, Iranian state media reported, without elaborating. (Ali Hamed Haghdoust/IRNA via AP) BEIRUT (AP) — The apparent crash of a helicopter carrying Iran’s president and foreign minister on Sunday sent shock…

AFPFierce fighting on streets of Gaza’s RafahHeavy clashes and bombardment rocked Rafah on Saturday, as Israel pressed an assault against Hamas militants that has led hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to flee the southern Gaza city.The Israeli military said its air forces hit more than 70 targets across the Gaza Strip while ground troops conducted “targeted raids” in eastern Rafah, killing 50 militants and locating dozens of tunnel shafts.Hamas’s armed wing, the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, said it fired a barrage of rockets towards the Israeli city of Ashkelon and targeted an Israeli command centre at the Jabalia refugee camp in…

BY ABBY SEWELL, Associated Press 32 mins ago In this photo provided by Islamic Republic News Agency, IRNA, the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi takes off at the Iranian border with Azerbaijan after President Raisi and his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev inaugurated the dam of Qiz Qalasi, or Castel of Girl in Azeri, Iran, Sunday, May 19, 2024. A helicopter carrying President Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, Iranian state media reported, without elaborating. (Ali Hamed Haghdoust/IRNA via AP) BEIRUT (AP) — The apparent crash of a helicopter carrying Iran’s president and foreign minister on Sunday sent shock…

BEIRUT (AP) — The apparent crash of a helicopter carrying Iran’s president and foreign minister on Sunday sent shock waves around the region. Details remained scant in the hours after the incident, and it was unclear if Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the other officials had survived. Here’s what we know so far. WHO WAS ON BOARD THE HELICOPTER AND WHERE WERE THEY GOING? The helicopter was carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, the governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province and other officials and bodyguards, according to the state-run IRNA news agency. Raisi was returning…

The terror group’s affiliate in Afghanistan is a major rival of the country’s Taliban government, and earlier claimed responsibility for an attack on Chinese citizens in Kabul in 2022. Sunday 19 May 2024 20:20, UK Islamic State has claimed responsibility after three Spanish tourists were killed when gunmen opened fire in Afghanistan’s central Bamiyan province. A fourth person was also killed, and a further four foreign nationals and three Afghans were injured in the attack in the mountainous region, the Taliban’s interior ministry has said.Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack on its Telegram channel.The Spanish Ministry of Foreign…

2:52 p.m. ET, May 19, 2024 Regional leaders express sympathy and offer support to Iran From CNN’s Nechirvan Mando, Hande Atay Alam and Manveena Suri Leaders across the Middle East and beyond are expressing their sympathies and concern about Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other officials, after their helicopter crashed into the mountainous East Azerbaijan Province on Sunday. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expressed concern and said he is praying for Raisi in his first comments since the crash, according to state news agency IRNA: “We hope that Almighty God will return the esteemed President and his companions to…

Iran’s interior minister confirms helicopter part of President Raisi’s convoy was in “rough landing” Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi seen getting off a helicopter. — IRNAA helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other government officials “crashed upon landing” in poor weather conditions, state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported on Sunday.”An accident happened to the helicopter carrying the president”on their way back from province bordering Azerbaijan in the Jofa region, the state television said. The state TV in the Islamic republic broadcast footage of faithful praying in Raisi’s home city as there were fears…

Qatar celebrated International Museum Day with a variety of events, including panel discussions and workshops. Qatar Museums also granted free entry to museums and galleries.An array of Qatar institutes ushered International Museum Day (IMD) on May 18 with topical panel discussions, workshops and other programmes to mark the annual event.Qatar’s Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) will host a ‘Shapes and Structures’ workshop on Wednesday. Open to people of all ages, the workshop invites participants to explore the interplay between Islamic art and 3D structures found in architecture.Adam Williamson, an award-winning sculptor, is collaborating with MIA to run the workshop in…

Tehran (AFP) – Iran launched a large-scale search and rescue effort to scour a fog-shrouded mountain area after President Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter went missing Sunday in what state media described as an “accident”. Issued on: 19/05/2024 – 16:35Modified: 19/05/2024 – 20:19 6 min Fears grew for the 63-year-old ultraconservative after contact was lost with the helicopter carrying him as well as Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and others in East Azerbaijan province, reports said.The supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, urged Iranians to “not worry” about the leadership of the Islamic republic, saying “there will be no disruption in the country’s work”.…

In this photo provided by Islamic Republic News Agency, IRNA, the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi takes off at the Iranian border with Azerbaijan.  (Photo| AP)Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev on Sunday said his country could help with rescue efforts to find the helicopter of President Ebrahim Raisi, whose aircraft was reportedly involved in an accident.Iranian state television announced that “an accident happened to the helicopter carrying the president” in Iran’s western province of East Azerbaijan.Raisi visited the province on Sunday to inaugurate a dam on the border between the two countries, accompanied by Aliyev.”Today, after bidding a friendly farewell…

An Islamic sheikh, who was sent into hiding over his support for an anti-Islam campaigner, has said halal-certification is threatening the Australian way of life.Hiding out in Adelaide under police instruction, Sheikh Mohammad Tawhidi has said halal certification on chocolate Easter eggs is not necessary.Imam Tawhidi said in a Facebook post: “Muslims would never eat products with Jewish terminologies or Christian cross”.“Stamping Australian products with Islamic terminologies is an insult to 98 per cent of Australians, and is a threat to their way of life,” he wrote in the long social media post.“I, as an Australian Muslim, feel very insulted…

Muslims around the world, i.e. people of Muslim religion, celebrate Eid Al Fitr. Eid signifies the conclusion of the Every Years for month of Ramadan. These Eids are celebrated by seeing that Eid ul-Fitr will be declared as soon as the moon is seen in the sky. This year in 2024, people of Muslim religion will celebrate Eid all over the world from April 10 to April 11. Muslims consider Eid as an important festival that marks the conclusion of Ramadan. On that day shawwal -the tenth month in Islamic calendar begins. People exchange greetings and say “Eid Mubarak” on…

Tehran (AFP) – Always piously dressed in a black turban and religious robe, Iran’s ultraconservative President Ebrahim Raisi has been in office during a tumultuous period of confrontation abroad and mass protest at home. Issued on: 19/05/2024 – 18:11Modified: 19/05/2024 – 18:09 4 min On Sunday, there were fears for the 63-year-old after Iranian state media said his helicopter had an accident in poor weather in a remote western mountain region, with no news on Raisi’s condition.As search and rescue teams headed to the suspected crash site in dense fog in an area of East Azerbaijan province, state TV in…

Breadcrumb Trail LinksNP CommentWestern feminism has a ‘toxic femininity’ problem that is being ignored Get the latest from Barbara Kay straight to your inbox Sign Up Published May 19, 2024  •  Last updated 6 hours ago  •  4 minute readYou can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account.Students protest at an encampment on the campus of the University of California Los Angeles, in Los Angeles on April 26. Photo by Frederic J. BROWN/AFPArticle contentThe most compelling evidence for Hamas’s atrocities on October 7 came straight from the source: live video from GoPro cameras…

Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the West Bengal Chief Minister of ‘succumbing to Islamic fanatics’ and maligning the saints of iconic institutions who are engaged in human services.PM Modi said the appeasement politics is prompting Trinamool Congress to malign and threaten iconic institutions like Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, Bharat Sevashram Sangha and ISKCON.“From this platform, I am directly accusing the Chief Minister of succumbing to the Islamic fanatics and maligning the saints of these iconic institutions who are engaged in human services. Trinamool Congress is also maligning the Ram Mandir. How long will…

(Last Updated On: May 19, 2024)Rosemary DiCarlo, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), met Sunday with Hedayatullah Badri, acting head of Da Afghanistan Bank, where the two sides discussed the economic situation, financial and banking sector, DAB said in a statement. In this meeting, Badri said that the sanctions imposed on Afghanistan’s banking sector by the international community has had a negative impact on Afghanistan’s financial stability and caused more losses to the people. She said the sanctions have weakened people’s financial ability and made it difficult for Afghan banks to access international financial and banking…

Iran President Raisi. Photo credit: Islamic Republic News Agency According to the Islamic Republic News Agency, a state-run media outlet, Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has died in a helicopter crash in a rugged, hard-to-reach northwest region of the country. President Raisi was returning from a ceremony to celebrate a dam opening on the border with Azerbaijan when the helicopter crashed in the Varzaqan region on Sunday, the news agency said. Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, Governor of East Azarbaijan Province Malek Rahmati, and other leaders were also reported to have been on board the helicopter, the IRNA said. Fog and difficult…

Home » National » PM Modi accuses Bengal CM of succumbing to Islamic fanatics & maligning saints Posted By: Gopi May 19, 2024 Kolkata, May 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the West Bengal Chief Minister of ‘succumbing to Islamic fanatics’ and maligning the saints of iconic institutions who are engaged in human services. PM Modi said the appeasement politics is prompting Trinamool Congress to malign and threaten iconic institutions like Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, Bharat Sevashram Sangha and ISKCON. “From this platform, I am directly accusing the Chief Minister of succumbing to the Islamic fanatics…

TAJBank Limited has won the Islamic Finance News’ (IFN’s) “Best Islamic Bank in Nigeria 2023”, beating other nominees from across the global geopolitical zones in the competition. The IFN’s Organising Committee stated that the award was conferred on TAJBank, Nigeria’s fastest-growing non-interest banking services provider, in recognition of its superior value-adding, world-class products and innovative service delivery to non-interest banking customers globally. In his acceptance speech, the bank’s Founder/CEO, Mr. Hamid Joda, commended the IFN’s Committee for the global recognition, saying “the Board and management of TAJBank are grateful for recognizing our bank as an emerging frontline player in the…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the West Bengal Chief Minister of ‘succumbing to Islamic fanatics’ and maligning the saints of iconic institutions who are engaged in human services. PM Modi said the appeasement politics is prompting Trinamool Congress to malign and threaten iconic institutions like Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, Bharat Sevashram Sangha and ISKCON. “From this platform, I am directly accusing the Chief Minister of succumbing to the Islamic fanatics and maligning the saints of these iconic institutions who are engaged in human services. Trinamool Congress is also maligning the Ram Mandir. How long will the people…

By Tony Obiechina, Abuja  TAJBank Limited, Nigeria’s fastest-growing non-interest banking services provider, has won the Islamic Finance News’ (IFN’s) “Best Islamic Bank in Nigeria 2023”, beating other nominees from across the global geopolitical zones in the competition. The IFN’s Organizing Committee stated that the award was conferred on TAJBank in recognition of its superior value-adding, world-class products and innovative service delivery to non-interest banking customers globally. In his acceptance speech, the bank’s Founder/CEO, Mr. Hamid Joda, commended the IFN’s Committee for the global recognition, saying “the Board and management of TAJBank are grateful for recognizing our bank as an emerging…

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday that it killed an Islamic jihad commander, who is said to have been the logistics head in Rafah for the pro-Iranian militia allied with the Palestinian Islamist Hamas group.The attack, part of airstrikes, took place east of Rafah, the army said, adding that the IDF is continuing its operations in the southern city and also in the centre and north of the Gaza Strip.In the airstrikes, Israeli troops also destroyed weapons depots and rocket positions belonging to the Islamists, the IDF said.Fierce fighting has been raging for days in the refugee settlement…

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) – International Service: 266 days have passed since the bloody war in Gaza, the Zionist regime’s attacks on Gaza continue, and 20 people were martyred and dozens more injured and missing in the attack on the Nusirat camp in the center of the Gaza Strip. Local Palestinian sources reported heavy clashes between Palestinian fighters and Israeli occupying forces in the city of Rafah, located in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The Ministry of Public Health of Gaza announced yesterday, Friday, that the number of martyrs in Gaza has reached 35 thousand 386 people and…

Israeli army kills in airstrike hit one of the commanders of “Islamic Jihad” in the eastern part of the city of Rafah, the military press service reported, quoted by BTA. 28 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed in another airstrike in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya.Tel Aviv threatened to take even tougher action against “Hamas” after the remains of three of the hostages kidnapped by the radical Palestinian group were found.They were already killed during the attack on the Jewish state last October, and their bodies were taken to the Gaza Strip.According to the statement of the…