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JON GAMBRELL

JON GAMBRELL

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Iran and the UN nuclear agency are still discussing how to implement a 2023 deal on inspections

Iran and the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog are still negotiating over how to implement a deal struck last year to expand inspections of the Islamic Republic’s rapidly advancing atomic program

Iran and the UN nuclear agency are still discussing how to implement a 2023 deal on inspections
MidEast|News|World

Yemen's Houthi rebels claim 2 attacks in Gulf of Aden as Iran official renews nuclear bomb threats

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for two missile attacks in the Gulf of Aden on two Panama-flagged container ships that caused no damage

Yemen's Houthi rebels claim 2 attacks in Gulf of Aden as Iran official renews nuclear bomb threats
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment|News|World

Award-winning director Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to prison in Iran ahead of Cannes

The award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has been sentenced to eight years in prison and lashings ahead of his planned trip to the Cannes film festival, his lawyer tells The Associated Press

Award-winning director Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to prison in Iran ahead of Cannes
Americas|News|US|World

Yemen's Houthi rebels acknowledge attacking a US destroyer that shot down missile in the Red Sea

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed targeting a U.S. Navy destroyer and a commercial ship in the Red Sea

Yemen's Houthi rebels acknowledge attacking a US destroyer that shot down missile in the Red Sea
Crime|News

Independent UN experts say radical Saudi Arabia scholar held for years should be tried or released

A radical Sunni scholar whose criticisms of Saudi Arabia’s government and the West drew praise from the late al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden should be immediately tried or released from a yearslong arbitrary detention by the kingdom

Independent UN experts say radical Saudi Arabia scholar held for years should be tried or released
MidEast|News|World

Trucks are rolling across a new US pier into Gaza. But challenges remain to getting enough aid in

Trucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza Strip have rolled across a newly built U.S. pier and into the besieged enclave for the first time

Trucks are rolling across a new US pier into Gaza. But challenges remain to getting enough aid in
MidEast|News

Yemen's Houthi rebels claim shooting down another US MQ-9 Reaper drone as footage shows wreckage

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed the shooting-down of an American drone, hours after footage circulated online of what appeared to be the wreckage of an MQ-9 Reaper drone

Yemen's Houthi rebels claim shooting down another US MQ-9 Reaper drone as footage shows wreckage
MidEast|News|World

Yemen's Houthi rebels launch a missile that strikes an oil tanker in the Red Sea, US military says

Yemen’s Houthi rebels hit an oil tanker in the Red Sea with a ballistic missile, damaging the Panama-flagged, Greek-owned vessel in their latest assault over the Israel-Hamas war

Yemen's Houthi rebels launch a missile that strikes an oil tanker in the Red Sea, US military says
MidEast|News|Political|US|World

US national security adviser, Saudi Arabia's crown prince meet to discuss 'semi-final' security deal

President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan has met with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss what the kingdom describes as the “semi-final” version of a wide-ranging security agreement between the countries

US national security adviser, Saudi Arabia's crown prince meet to discuss 'semi-final' security deal
Asia|News|World

Iran's hard-line president still missing after likely helicopter crash in foggy, mountainous region

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other officials apparently has crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of his country

Iran's hard-line president still missing after likely helicopter crash in foggy, mountainous region
MidEast|News|World

Who is Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's president whose helicopter suffered a 'hard landing' in foggy weather?

Iran’s hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi has long been seen as a protégé to Iran’s supreme leader and a potential successor for his position within the country’s Shiite theocracy

Who is Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's president whose helicopter suffered a 'hard landing' in foggy weather?
News|World

Iran's president and foreign minister die in helicopter crash at moment of high tensions in Mideast

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the country’s foreign minister have been found dead hours after their helicopter crashed in fog

Iran's president and foreign minister die in helicopter crash at moment of high tensions in Mideast
News|World

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, supreme leader's protege, dies at 63 in helicopter crash

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has died

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, supreme leader's protege, dies at 63 in helicopter crash
MidEast|News|World

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, a hard-line diplomat, dies in a helicopter crash

Iran's state media has reported that Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has died in a helicopter crash that also killed the country's president

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, a hard-line diplomat, dies in a helicopter crash
Asia|MidEast|News|World

Who is Mohammad Mokhber, appointed Iran's acting president after a helicopter crash?

Iran’s first Vice President Mohammad Mokhber has been appointed acting president of the Islamic Republic after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash

Who is Mohammad Mokhber, appointed Iran's acting president after a helicopter crash?
MidEast|News|World

Mourners begin days of funerals for Iran's president and others killed in helicopter crash

Mourners have begun the days of funerals and processions for Iran’s late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash

Mourners begin days of funerals for Iran's president and others killed in helicopter crash
News|World

Iran's supreme leader and proxy militias pray for late president and others dead in helicopter crash

Iran’s supreme leader and representatives of allied militia groups prayed over the coffins of the country’s late president, foreign minister and other officials killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week

Iran's supreme leader and proxy militias pray for late president and others dead in helicopter crash
MidEast|News|World

Iran inters its late president at holiest Shiite site in nation after fatal helicopter crash

Iran has interred late President Ebrahim Raisi at the holiest Shiite shrine in the nation, days after a fatal helicopter crash killed him, the country’s foreign minister and six others

Iran inters its late president at holiest Shiite site in nation after fatal helicopter crash
Celebrity|Entertainment|News|World

Dave Chappelle says there's a 'genocide' in the Gaza Strip as Israel-Hamas war rages on there

American comedian Dave Chappelle has said a “genocide” is striking the Gaza Strip amid the Israel-Hamas war to cheers during his performance in the capital of the United Arab Emirates

Dave Chappelle says there's a 'genocide' in the Gaza Strip as Israel-Hamas war rages on there
MidEast|News|World

Missile attacks damage a ship in the Red Sea off Yemen's coast near previous Houthi rebel assaults

Missile attacks have damaged a ship in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen

Missile attacks damage a ship in the Red Sea off Yemen's coast near previous Houthi rebel assaults
News|Technology|World

Another US MQ-9 Reaper drone goes down in Yemen, images purportedly show

Another U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone has gone down in Yemen as the country's Houthi rebels continued attacks on shipping around the Red Sea over the Israel-Hamas war

Another US MQ-9 Reaper drone goes down in Yemen, images purportedly show
Election|News|Political

Iran opens registration for the June presidential election after Raisi died in a helicopter crash

Iran has opened a five-day registration period for hopefuls wanting to run in the June 28 presidential election

Iran opens registration for the June presidential election after Raisi died in a helicopter crash
News|World

Ship attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels was full of grain bound for Iran, the group's main benefactor

A Greek-owned and Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier that came under attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels earlier this week had a cargo of grain bound for Iran

Ship attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels was full of grain bound for Iran, the group's main benefactor
MidEast|News|World

Houthi rebels say at least 16 killed and 42 others wounded in joint US-British airstrikes in Yemen

Joint British-U.S. airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed at least 16 people and wounded 42 others

Houthi rebels say at least 16 killed and 42 others wounded in joint US-British airstrikes in Yemen
Election|MidEast|News|Political

Iran's hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers for June 28 presidential election

Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has registered as a possible candidate for the June 28 presidential election, seeking to regain the country’s top political position after a helicopter crash killed the nation’s president and seven others

Iran's hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers for June 28 presidential election

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