Day: May 19, 2024

Forty caretaker senators on Friday petitioned Thailand’s Constitutional Court to dismiss Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin over a cabinet appointment which they say breaches the constitution, Azernews reports.

Azerbaijan is ready to provide assistance regarding the helicopter incident involving President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi, Azernews reports, citing the post shared by President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on his official “X” account.

Two people died and five people were missing as a result of a collision between a motorboat and a passenger ship in the part of the Danube river passing through the village of Verötse in the north of Hungary, Azernews ​reports.

Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, held a meeting in the presence of the delegations on May 19 at the state border between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Islamic Republic of Iran, Azernews ​reports.

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UPDATE – Approximate location of #Iran president’s helicopter crash (or crash landing), no confirmation on the fate of those on board, site still has not been located. Rescue teams carrying out search and rescue operations as we speak. https://t.co/NWH633GdpC pic.twitter.com/TGlr7OVujJ

— Nagorno Karabakh Observer (@NKobserver) May 19, 2024

Earlier today presidents #Raisi and #Aliyev met on the 🇮🇷/🇦🇿 border in an attempt to diffuse tensions between their countries.

On the way back Raisi’s helicopter was forced to make a crash landing. His current status is still unknown. pic.twitter.com/CoxPy5Cci3

— Thomas van Linge (@ThomasVLinge) May 19, 2024

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