Syria’s veteran foreign minister Walid al-Muallem dies

Syria's Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Walid al-Muallem has died at the age of 79.

Bahrain’s long-serving PM dies

Bahrain’s long-serving Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa has died, the state media reported. He was 84.

Saeb Erekat, longtime negotiator for Palestinians, dies at 65

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat passed away due to complications from the novel corona-virus at the age of 65 on Tuesday, November 10, 2020.

French archaeologist Geneviève Dollfus, famed for extensive Iranian studies, dies at 82

TEHRAN - French archaeologist Geneviève Dollfus, who conducted extensive excavations in southwest Iran, has died aged 82.

Scottish archaeologist David Stronach, famed for intensive Iranian studies, dies at 89

TEHRAN – Scottish archaeologist David Stronach, who was director of the British Institute of Persian Studies in Iran in the 1960s and 1970s, has died aged 89.

Ex-Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe dies aged 95

Former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe has died aged 95, the country's President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on his official Twitter account.

Former Egyptian president, dies in court

Ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy, who was the country's first democratically elected leader, has died, according to Egyptian state media.

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Peru's ex-president Garcia dies after shooting himself to avoid arrest

Peru's former president Alan Garcia died in a hospital in Lima on Wednesday, hours after shooting himself in the head to avoid arrest in connection with a bribery probe, authorities said on Wednesday.