Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan V named new spiritual leader of Shia Ismaili Muslims

IANS | February 6, 2025 12:06 AM

Lisbon, Feb 6 (IANS) Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan V was on Wednesday named the 50th hereditary Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims following the death of his father, Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV, who died in Lisbon, Portugal, on Tuesday at the age of 88, in accordance with historical Shia Imami Ismaili tradition.

Meeting Trump not on Iran's agenda now: VP Aref

IANS | February 5, 2025 7:15 PM

Tehran, Feb 5 (IANS) Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref said on Wednesday that meeting and negotiating with US President Donald Trump, though not "impossible", is not on Iran's agenda at the moment, the official news agency IRNA reported.

Trump proposes US takeover of Gaza strip

IANS | February 5, 2025 8:09 AM

Washington, Feb 5 (IANS) US President Donald Trump proposed a plan to resolve the decades-long West Asia crisis that involved the US taking over the Gaza Strip and the Palestinians who currently live here or are displaced moving to shelters in adjoining countries of Egypt and Jordan.

Sweden's worst mass shooting in history kills 11 at school

IANS | February 5, 2025 6:56 AM

Helsinki, Feb 5 (IANS) Swedish authorities have confirmed that 11 people were killed in a mass shooting at a school in Orebro, which the country's prime minister has described as the deadliest shooting in Sweden's history.