Ahmed Deedat’s Son Yousuf Deedat shot in South Africa
(UTV|Durban) – Leading Muslim scholar and activist Yousuf Deedat, 65, who was shot in the head by unknown gunmen outside the Verulam Magistrate’s Court on...
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Iran plane crash: Khamenei defends armed forces in rare address
(UTV|TEHRAN) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has defended the country’s armed forces after it admitted shooting down a passenger plane by mistake. He...
Syria war: Air strikes kill 18 in Idlib city despite truce
(UTV|Damascus) – At least 18 civilians are reported to have died in air strikes that hit a market and an industrial zone in the Syrian...
Tributes pour in as Oman mourns Sultan Qaboos
(UTV|MUSCAT) – World leaders and the people of Oman have paid tributes to Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said, the Arab world’s longest-serving ruler who...
Yahya Jammeh warned not to return to The Gambia
(UTV|BANJUL) – The Gambia has warned its ousted leader Yahya Jammeh not to try to return home from his exile in Equatorial Guinea. Mr Jammeh’s...
Israel releases two Syrian prisoners in ‘goodwill gesture’
(UTV|Tel AVIV) – Israel has released two Syrian prisoners as a “diplomatic goodwill gesture”, following the transfer of the body of an Israeli soldier missing...
Iran crisis: US ‘ready for serious negotiations’ with Tehran – [IMAGES]
(UTV|WHITE HOUSE) – The US says it is “ready to engage without preconditions in serious negotiations” with Iran following the countries’ exchange of hostilities. In...
All 176 dead in Ukrainian jet crash: Iran media
(UTV|TEHRAN) – All 176 people on board a Ukrainian passenger plane were killed when it crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran on Wednesday, Iranian...
All on board Ukrainian plane killed, Iranian official says
(UTV|TEHRAN) – A Ukrainian airplane carrying at least 170 people crashed on Wednesday shortly after takeoff from Tehran’s main airport, killing all onboard, state TV reported....
FAA restricts US flights over Iran, Iraq after ballistic missile attack
(UTV|COLOMBO) – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday issued an emergency restriction for Persian Gulf airspace after Iran fired more than a dozen missiles...