Former President Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony charges of falsifying business records Thursday, becoming the first former or sitting president to ever be convicted on criminal charges—though it remains uncertain if he’ll be sentenced to prison.
An Israeli official said Wednesday he expects fighting against Hamas will last to the end of the year.
The Papua New Guinea government’s latest numbers are more than triple the U.N.’s estimated death toll from the disaster.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed the country’s first vice president, Mohammad Mokhber, as the acting president before a new election following the president’s death in a helicopter crash—elevating a longtime ally of Iranian hardliners who once ran the country’s state-related investment firm and oversaw a weapons sale to Russia.
The International Criminal Court on Monday confirmed it is seeking arrest warrants for several Israeli and Hamas leaders—including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—over alleged war crimes committed on Oct. 7 and during the ongoing conflict in Gaza, but even if the warrants are approved, there is no guarantee the leaders will ever be arrested or tried on charges.
A helicopter carrying Raisi and several others crashed in the mountainous northwestern region of Iran on Sunday evening.
The agreement concerns two crashes involving Boeing’s 737 Max that killed 346 people.
Patients treated by female doctors fare better than patients treated by male doctors, according to new research published Monday, despite the field struggling to improve female representation in research and among practitioners.
The president reportedly warned the Israeli prime minister after the Israeli military shot down most of the 200 drones sent by Iran on Saturday.
Iran seized the MSC Aries, affiliated with Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer, in the latest escalation of tensions following Israel’s strike on an Iranian embassy.