Starting as a cleric before moving to the judiciary where he had to solve complex legal cases, and then to politics, where he had to handle tricky issues as Iran's President, Ebrahim Raisi had a varied and successful career. ....

There has been an explosion in the Russian border region of Belgorod following a missile alert, the media reported early Saturday. ....

The pitch rate gyroscopes gave erroneous inputs to the flight control computer, leading to the crash of an F-16 fighter jet of Singapore Air Force on May 8, the Ministry of Defense said on Saturday. ....

Iran has shown itself to be open to direct talks with the US and appears to be ready for a change of course in its policy towards its arch-enemy. ....

Four men, including a translator, were arrested on the charges of trafficking Indian nationals to Russia under the guise of better employment and then sending them to the Russia-Ukraine war zone, a CBI official said on Wednesday. ....

Hamas announced on Sunday that its commander in the West Bank is among the four people killed in a raid by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). ....

Invoking Mahatma Gandhi's statement that "freedom of the press is a precious privilege that no country can forego", General Assembly President Dennis Francis has called for reaffirming commitments "to protecting journalists and media workers worldwide". ....

Multiple fires have broken out in the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv following Russian missile and drone attacks overnight, authorities said on Saturday. ....

India exemplifies how the digital revolution can be made accessible to millions and become "a fundamental driver of social transformation and progress", according to UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis. ....

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on Thursday warned that NATO nuclear facilities, if permanently located on the Polish territory, will become a military target for Russia. ....