Reuters

DUBAI (Reuters) - A preliminary report by Iran's military said no evidence of foul play or attack had been found so far during investigations into the helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi, state media reported on Friday.

Raisi, a hardliner who had been seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed when his helicopter came down in poor weather in mountains near the Azerbaijan border on Monday.

(Reuters) - U.S. equity funds secured substantial inflows in the week ended May 22, buoyed by expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve might cut interest rates due to signs of slowing inflation, alongside optimism from robust corporate earnings growth.

According to LSEG Lipper data, investors pumped $9.9 billion into U.S. equity funds in the week ending May 22, a significant increase from the $4.1 billion recorded a week earlier.

Risk... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv on Friday as it faces intensified Russian air attacks amid an offensive push by Moscow's forces into the north of the surrounding region.

The Ukrainian leader met senior military leaders in the city and travelled to the site of a major printing house a day after it was destroyed in a Russian missile attack that killed at least seven people.

"Today I... (continue reading...)

By Lewis Jackson and Renju Jose

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Hundreds are feared dead after a massive landslide levelled dozens of homes and buried families alive in a remote village in northern Papua New Guinea early on Friday, a resident said.

More than 50 homes, many with people still asleep inside, were buried when the landslide hit Kaokalam village around 3 a.m., villager Ninga Role told Reuters by phone. The death toll was nearly 300, among... (continue reading...)

LONDON (Reuters) - Two men will go on trial next year charged with planning to attack and kill members of the Jewish community and others with automatic weapons in northwest England, a London court heard on Friday.

Walid Saadaoui, 36, and Amar Hussein, 50, were charged earlier this month with the preparation of terrorist acts between December 2023 and May this year, involving the purchase of firearms, conducting reconnaissance and making attack plans. ... (continue reading...)