World
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Region
1/5/2025 12:15:00 PM
The US State Department has notified Congress informally of an $8 billion proposed arms deal with Israel that will include munitions for fighter jets and attack helicopters as well as artillery shells, two sources with direct knowledge tell Axios.
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World
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Region
12/22/2024 12:04:45 PM
Four people died when a helicopter crashed into a hospital in southwestern Turkey on Sunday, the provincial governor said, blaming the accident on thick fog.
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World
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International
12/12/2024 1:15:52 PM
The large mysterious drones reported flying over parts of New Jersey in recent weeks appear to avoid detection by traditional methods such as helicopter and radio, according to a state lawmaker briefed Wednesday by the Department of Homeland Security.
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Egypt
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Defence
11/5/2024 2:59:37 PM
The Egyptian Armed Forces announced on Tuesday the crash of a helicopter during an air force training exercise in the Shallufa area in the Suez Governorate, leading to the death of two officers.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
9/11/2024 11:55:20 AM
The Israeli occupation army said Wednesday that an army helicopter crashed in the Rafah area of southern Gaza overnight, killing two soldiers and injuring seven.
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World
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Region
9/1/2024 7:18:12 PM
Iran's final investigation into the May helicopter crash that killed president Ebrahim Raisi has found it was caused by bad weather, the body investigating the case said Sunday.
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World
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International
8/13/2024 6:51:04 PM
Poland signed Tuesday a $10 billion deal to buy 96 Apache attack helicopters from US manufacturer Boeing, announcing the latest upgrade to Warsaw's military capabilities.
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Paris 2024
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News
8/8/2024 10:14:35 AM
Despite initial promises, so-called 'flying taxis' will not be circling above Paris during the Olympic Games this summer. German manufacturer Volocopter Thursday said it has scrapped test flights of the 18-rotor drones that resemble small helicopters over delays in the certification for the vehicle’s engine.
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World
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Region
7/5/2024 12:21:06 PM
Iranians began voting Friday in a runoff election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month, as public apathy has become pervasive in the Islamic Republic after years of economic woes, mass protests and tensions in the Middle East.
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World
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International
7/2/2024 2:14:00 PM
Iran’s presidential candidates on Monday accused each other of having no solution for the country’s problems ahead of Friday's runoff election aimed at choosing a successor for the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who died last month in a helicopter crash.
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World
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Region
6/28/2024 1:03:59 PM
Polls in Iran opened on Friday for a presidential election following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last month.
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World
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Region
6/9/2024 3:40:42 PM
Iran’s Guardian Council on Sunday approved the country’s parliament speaker and five others to run in the country’s June 28 presidential election following a helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others.
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World
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Region
6/8/2024 12:48:02 PM
By the time Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi boarded his window seat on a helicopter ferrying him, the foreign minister and six others, thick clouds already had begun forming around the mountaintops along the Azerbaijan-Iran border.
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World
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Region
6/3/2024 3:19:26 PM
Iran’s acting foreign minister arrived in Lebanon Monday, his first official diplomatic visit since his predecessor, Hossein Amirabdollahian, along with the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash last month.
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World
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Region
6/2/2024 10:56:38 AM
Iran's hardline former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered Sunday as a possible candidate for the presidential election, seeking to regain the country's top political position after a helicopter crash killed the nation's president.
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World
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Region
5/31/2024 1:39:00 PM
Former Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani on Friday submitted his candidacy for a presidential election set for next month following Ebrahim Raisi's death in a helicopter crash, state media reported.
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World
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Region
5/30/2024 10:41:06 AM
Iran opened a five-day registration period Thursday for hopefuls wanting to run in the June 28 presidential election to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash earlier this month with seven others.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
5/28/2024 10:38:16 PM
Last week Iran was in the limelight following the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and six others in a tragic helicopter crash. But there is more niche news from Iran as well.
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World
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Region
5/28/2024 11:21:32 AM
Iran's parliament re-elected hard-liner Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf on Tuesday as its speaker, reaffirming its hard-right makeup in the wake of a helicopter crash that killed the country's president and foreign minister.
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World
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Region
5/27/2024 2:05:38 PM
Iran's acting President Mohammad Mokhber addressed the country's new parliament Monday in his first public speech since last week's helicopter crash that killed his predecessor Ebrahim Raisi and seven others.
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