Saudi Arabia has reportedly invited Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi for an official state visit after the two sides agreed to restore ties in a peace deal brokered by China. Per the BBC, the invitation came in a letter from Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, but that has yet to be confirmed by Saudi officials.  In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022.  (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)Mohammad Jamshidi, Deputy Chief of Staff for Political Affairs, tweeted that Salman had invited Iranian President Raisi to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital. He added that Salman had “called for strong economic [and] regional cooperation.” “Raisi welcomed the invitation and stressed Iran’s readiness to expand cooperation,” he said. SENIOR IRANIAN OFFICIAL VISIT UAE DAYS AFTER TEHRAN AGREES TO RESTORE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH SAUDI ARABIAFurther details of a possible meeting between the two country’s leaders remain unclear. The development comes less than two weeks after Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed to restore diplomatic ties and reopen embassies after more than seven years of hostility.  FILE: Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, at right, shakes hands with Saudi national security adviser Musaad bin Mohammed al-Aiban, at left, as Wang Yi, China’s most senior diplomat, looks on, at center, for a photo during a closed meeting held in Beijing, Saturday, March 11, 2023. (Luo Xiaoguang/Xinhua via AP)The deal, struck in Beijing amid its ceremonial National People’s Congress, signaled a major diplomatic victory for the Chinese as Gulf Arab states perceive the United States withdrawing from the wider Middle East. Saudi Arabia broke ties with Iran in 2016 after protesters invaded Saudi diplomatic posts there. The kingdom had executed a prominent Shiite cleric with 46 others days earlier, triggering the demonstrations.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThat came as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, then a deputy, began his rise to power. The son of King Salman, Prince Mohammed previously compared Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to Nazi Germany’s Adolf Hitler, and threatened to strike Iran.The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

Louisiana police asked for the public’s help last week in determining where two suspects were when a man went missing in 1984, and later found dead.The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said one of the suspects, Patricia Tito, 58, is in custody for a homicide she committed in Shreveport in 2003. Patricia Tito, now 58, and Delvin Avard Sibley, 76, are persons of interest in the murder of Lester Rome, who went missing in Louisiana in 1984 and was later found in the bottom of a well. (Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office)Tito identified Delvin Avard Sibley, 76, as the man allegedly responsible for killing Lester Rome in 1984.LOUISIANA CONVICTED CHILD RAPIST TO BE CHEMICALLY CASTRATED AFTER SERVING 35-YEAR PRISON SENTENCEPolice said Sibley is considered a person of interest and ask anyone with information about his possible involvement in the murder, or later disposal of the victim’s remains, to come forward.Rome’s family reported him missing in January 1984 to the Grand Isle Police Department, and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office got involved in the case that year. Patricia Tito mugshots (Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office)At the time, Tito was living at Rome’s home and running his business. When asked where Rome was, Tito told police he had gone on a trip and denied knowledge of foul play.ELDERLY MAN TRICKED INTO CAR IN ‘BIZARRE’ NEW ROBBERY SCHEMEOnce all leads were exhausted, the missing persons case was suspended. But two years later, the Sabine Parish Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation after human remains were discovered in a water well in Many, Louisiana.For 35 years, the remains were left unidentified, and the case became known as “The Man in the Well.” It was determined that the person who was killed died of blunt force trauma and possible stab wounds. Delvin Avard Sibley booking Photo (Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office)The Sabine Parish Coroner’s Office identified the remains in 2021 as Lester Rome, and investigators from Sabine and Jefferson parishes shared information about the cases with each other.TEXAS MAN WHOSE SON HELPED DUMP MOTHER’S CORPSE CONVICTED OF KILLING WIFE, LOVER AFTER CATCHING THEM ON CAMERAInvestigators with Sabine Parish learned through an interview with Tito that Rome was killed in Grand Isle before his body was dumped in Sabine ParishWhen Jefferson Parish investigators took over the investigation, they interviewed Tito, and she took them to the place where Rome was killed on Grand Isle, near Elmer’s Island.Tito allegedly told investigators she was there when Rome was killed but Sibley committed the crime.She also allegedly told investigators that when Sibley left Grand Isle, he took Rome’s remains.Detectives learned during the investigation that the well where Rome’s body was found was on a property owned by Sibley’s family.The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office obtained an arrest warrant for Tito with a charge of second-degree murder in the death of Rome.Police said it is not clear what her involvement was, but she had knowledge of the death and did not tell law enforcement agencies or Rome’s family about the murder between 1984 and 2021.CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APPThe sheriff’s office encourages anyone with information about the disappearance or murder of Rome, the whereabouts of Sibley and Tito in 1984 or any other information to contact investigators at 504-364-5300.

A person was killed in an avalanche near Colorado’s Aspen Highlands Ski Area on Sunday, officials say.The avalanche took place in Maroon Bowl area northwest of Highland Peak, which is outside the ski boundary of Aspen Highlands.Two other skiers were involved in the accident and self-extricated. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) says the avalanche was triggered by the skiers’ activity.”Responders from Mountain Rescue Aspen are working with Aspen Highlands Ski Patrol to safely access the two other skiers and remove them from the avalanche area,” the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.AVALANCHE IN COLORADO LEAVES ONE PERSON DEAD, ANOTHER STILL BURIED, SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS The avalanche took place in Maroon Bowl area off Highland Peak, which outside the ski boundary of Aspen Highlands. (Colorado Avalanche Information Center)The CAIC posted pictures of the mountain after the avalanche formed. According to the CAIC, the avalanche broke roughly 200 feet wide and ran approximately 2,000 vertical feet.Aspen Highlands Ski Patrol, Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office, Mountain Rescue Aspen and the Colorado Army National Guard HAATS team all assisted in the rescue.AVALANCHE BURIES UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO PRESIDENT, KILLS SON AMID DANGEROUS BACKCOUNTRY CONDITIONS CAIC staff will visit the avalanche site on Monday to prepare a final report of the accident. (Colorado Avalanche Information Center)”Our deepest condolences go out to the family and friends of the people involved in this tragic accident,” the CAIC said in a Facebook post.CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP”CAIC staff will visit the accident site on Monday, March 20, and we will publish a final report in the next week,” the statement added. The avalanche broke roughly 200 feet wide and ran approximately 2,000 vertical feet (Colorado Avalanche Information Center)

Adama Sanogo scored 24 points and Jordan Hawkins delivered from the 3-point line in the second half as UConn pulled away from Saint Mary’s for a 70-55 win on Sunday that put the Huskies in the Sweet 16 for the first time in nine years.No. 4 seed UConn (27-8) advanced to the West Regional in Las Vegas on Thursday. Next up is eighth-seeded Arkansas, which knocked off No. 1 seed Kansas.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM UConn guard Tristen Newton (2) listens to coach Dan Hurley during the first half of the team’s second-round college basketball game against Saint Mary’s in the men’s NCAA Tournament on Sunday, March 19, 2023, in Albany, N.Y.  (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)Sanogo followed up his 28-point game in the Huskies’ NCAA tourney opener against Iona with another powerful and efficient performance in the paint. The 245-pound junior was 11 for 16 from the floor and grabbed eight rebounds, dominating a big-man matchup with Mitchell Saxen (six points, three rebounds and four fouls).Saint Mary’s (27-8) of the West Coast Conference failed to get out of the first weekend of the tournament for the second straight season as a No. 5 seed.Aidan Mahaney and Logan Johnson each scored nine for the Gaels, who played the final 25 minutes without third-leading scorer Alex Ducas. The senior left with an apparent back injury. St. Mary’s Aidan Mahaney (20) drives against Connecticut’s Nahiem Alleyne, left, in the first half of a second-round college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament, Sunday, March 19, 2023, in Albany, N.Y.  (AP Photo/John Minchillo)UConn used a 14-2 spurt, highlighted by a 3 from Hawkins with 11:28 left in the second half, to go up 51-40.Hawkins had been scoreless to that point, but he added another 3 coming off a screen moments later to make it 56-45, and the “Let’s Go Huskies!” chants started to reverberate throughout MVP Arena.FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON COACH GIVES PEP TALK, ASSISTANT ALLEGES FLORIDA ATLANTIC TRASH TALK BEFORE BIG GAMEHawkins wasn’t done, making back-to-back 3s to make it 62-47 with 6:38 left. He finished with 12 points.Meanwhile, the Huskies defense was clamping down on the Gaels, who were held under 60 points for just the fourth time this season.The Gaels and Huskies played a practically even first half, with both shooting 44.4% from the field, and closing strong. Mahaney made a 3 with 21 second left to put Saint Mary’s up 30-28 and Newton responded with a 3-pointer 18 seconds later that put the Huskies up 31-30 at half and brought the pro-UConn crowd to its feet. Connecticut’s Adama Sanogo (21) looks to pass after rebounding against St. Mary’s Mitchell Saxen (11) in the first half of a second-round college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament, Sunday, March 19, 2023, in Albany, N.Y.  (AP Photo/John Minchillo)BIG PICTURESaint Mary’s: The Gaels have reached the Sweet 16 just once in program history in 2010.Coach Randy Bennett, in his 22nd season at SMC, and the Gaels have been Gonzaga’s closest rival in the WCC. They snagged No. 5 seeds each of the last two seasons, the best seeding for any team outside the six power conferences not named Gonzaga since 2014.UConn: The Huskies last played in the second weekend of the tournament in 2014, when they won the last — and most surprising — of four national titles in a 15-year span.The Huskies’ last title run came out of the American Athletic Conference, the league birthed from the Big East’s football-basketball breakup in 2013.UConn went with the football schools and played seven years in the AAC, where its football program floundered while its vaunted men’s basketball slipped into irrelevance.The Huskies returned to their Big East roots, hiring former Seton Hall point guard Dan Hurley as coach five years ago and rejoining the conference three seasons ago, and they have been on the rise ever since.BIG LOSSDucas was helped off the court with 4:52 left in the first half.The team’s most accurate 3-point shooter and third-leading scorer went down to his knees and started reaching for his lower back after no apparent contact. He was attended to by the team’s athletic trainers and then assisted off the court after trying to take a step on his own. He went right to the locker room and did not play the rest of the game.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPDucas scored 17 points in the Gaels’ first-round victory against VCU and had eight more when he went out.UP NEXTUConn: The Huskies are 3-1 all-time against Arkansas.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called on his country to be ready to launch a nuclear attack to deter war as he accused the U.S. and South Korea of carrying out military drills with American nuclear assets, according to state media. Kim’s remarks, carried on state media KCNA, came after the Hermit Kingdom launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the sea on Sunday. The missile flew across the country and landed in the sea off its east coast, according to South Korean and Japanese assessments – which reported that the missile traveled a distance of about 500 miles.  FILE: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the 7th enlarged plenary meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang, North Korea, March 1, 2023 in this photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).  (KCNA via REUTERS)Kim, who oversaw the test, said the exercises improved the military’s actual war capability and highlighted the need to ensure its readiness posture for any “immediate and overwhelming nuclear counterattack” through such drills. KCNA quoted Kim as saying the North “urgently” needed to bolster up its nuclear war deterrence exponentially as the enemies “are getting ever more pronounced in their moves for aggression against” his country. US AND ITS PARTNERS STAGE WARFARE DRILLS AS JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA STRENGTHEN ALLIANCE AGAINST CHINA, NORTH KOREA”The nuclear force of the DPRK will strongly deter, control and manage the enemy’s reckless moves and provocations with its high war readiness, and carry out its important mission without hesitation in case of any unwanted situation,” Kim was quoted as saying. KCNA photos showed Kim attending the test with his young daughter as flames roared from the soaring missile before it hit the target. FILE: A TV screen shows a news program reporting with footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)The U.S. and South Korea have for weeks been carrying out annual exercises, including air and sea drills involving U.S. B-1B strategic bombers. Both country’s respective navies and marine corps are set to kick off their first large-scale Ssangyong amphibious landing exercises in five years on Monday for a two-week run until April 3. North Korea has frequently condemned these exercises, likening them to a dress rehearsal for an invasion.  CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPIn another dispatch, KCNA said more than 1.4 million North Koreans have volunteered to join or re-enlist in the military to fight against South Korean and US troops – up from some 800,000 enlistees reported over the weekend. Fox News’ Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.  

Fox News host Trey Gowdy criticized New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s decision not to prosecute certain crimes amid his current case against former President Donald Trump on “Sunday Night in America.”Trump claimed Saturday morning that “leaks” indicated the liberal city DA’s office may arrest him on Tuesday after years of investigating the former president’s alleged hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 election campaign.MANHATTAN DA’S OFFICE ‘ASKED FOR A MEETING’ WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AHEAD OF POSSIBLE TRUMP INDICTMENTGowdy pointed out how, upon being elected, Bragg announced a list of crimes he would not prosecute, including downgrading felonies and dismissing or pleading down serious cases. Gowdy made the case that Bragg is a “social engineer masquerading as a prosecutor” and that he is substituting his politics for the rule of law. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg during a press conference in New York on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)”On his first day in office, New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced all the crimes he would not prosecute. The person elected as the top law enforcement official had a long list of laws he didn’t respect enough to follow,” Gowdy said. “He substituted his politics for the rule of law because that’s what so-called progressive prosecutors do and there was nary a word of dissent on the left. Felonies would be downgraded, serious cases dismissed or pled down, prison terms would rarely be solved. Alvin Bragg was a social engineer masquerading as a prosecutor.”On January 3, 2022, Bragg sent out a memo to his office calling for the non prosecution of crimes including marijuana possession, turnstile jumping, trespassing, resisting arrest, interfering with an arrest and prostitution. NEW YORK PROSECUTORS SIGNAL TRUMP MAY FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES FROM STORMY DANIELS SCANDAL”To be clear, Alvin Bragg will not prosecute people who pay for sex, that’s one of the crimes he promised to ignore. To him, you can pay someone for sex in New York and get away with it, but God forbid you pay someone to be quiet about it afterwards,” Gowdy added.”The demise of our country will be in direct proportion to how politicized our justice system remains,” he continued. Gowdy then said that the justice system should be “a place where both friend and foe are afforded fairness and due process, where nothing matters except the law and the facts.”However, he argued that Bragg’s decision to ignore certain laws gives license to others to ignore the facts. According to Gowdy, “When you ignore the law and the facts, you don’t have a justice system and if you don’t have a justice system, you don’t have a country.” Former President Donald Trump and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.  (Getty Images )CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPGowdy expressed concerns that if the trend of politicizing our justice system continues, “the greatest experiment in self-governance the world has ever known will surely fail.”