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Relatives of downed Ukraine airliner victims say possessions ‘looted’
Relatives of victims aboard the Ukrainian civilian airliner downed by Iranian missiles in January have claimed their loved ones’ possession were “looted”, in a press conference held online on Tuesday, 160 days after the tragedy. Hamed Esmaeilion, who lost his wife and nine-year-old daughter in the crash, told the virtual conference: Our...
US Democrats push toothless letter warning Israel against West Bank annexation
US Democrats push toothless letter warning Israel against West Bank annexation Letter says annexation may jeopardise Israel’s relations with Europe and Arab countries, but mentions no consequences for US-Israeli ties Ali Harb Thu, 06/18/2020 – 01:15 Letter frames annexation as bad for Israel, addresses its government in advisory tone...
Six months later, Iran to hand over black boxes of downed Ukrainian airliner
Iran will send the black boxes from a downed Ukrainian airliner to Ukraine, Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development, Mohammad Eslami, said on Wednesday, according to the Tasnim news agency.The Ukraine International Airlines flight was shot down on Jan. 8 by an Iranian ground-to-air missile, killing 176 people in what Tehran termed a...
Iran to send black boxes from downed Ukrainian airliner to Ukraine
The fate of the cockpit voice and data “black box” recorders has been the subject of an international standoff eclipsed by the coronavirus crisis. …read more Source:: The Jerusalem...
Ukraine receives US military aid worth more than $60m
The deliveries include ‘radios, ammunition, and Javelin anti-tank missiles’, according to the US embassy in Kyiv. …read more Source:: AL...
Ukraine gets US military aid, including Javelin anti-tank missiles
Democrats said Trump was trying to help his re-election prospects. He was acquitted by the Republican-controlled Senate in February. …read more Source:: The Jerusalem...
US administration sues former Trump adviser Bolton to block book publication
The United States on Tuesday sued former national security adviser John Bolton, seeking to block him from publishing a book about his time in the White House that it said contained classified information and would compromise national security.The civil lawsuit came one day after US President Donald Trump said Bolton would be breaking the law if...
Belongings of victims of downed Ukrainian airliner were ‘looted’, say relatives
The victims of the Ukrainian civilian airliner downed by Iranian missiles in January had their belongings ransacked at the crash site, family members of the victims revealed at a virtual press conference on Tuesday.Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shot down the Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 on January 8, killing...
Coronavirus: Ukraine President’s wife hospitalized due to COVID-19
The wife of Ukraine’s President, Olena Zelenska, was hospitalized after contracting coronavirus and her condition was stable, the presidential office said onTuesday.Zelenska said last week she had tested positive for coronavirus, while her husband Volodymyr Zelenskiy and their two children had tested negative. …read more Source:: Al...
Iran says virus delays reading of Ukraine airline black boxes
Iran said on Monday that the coronavirus pandemic has slowed its plans to send abroad the black boxes of a Ukrainian plane its forces mistakenly shot down in January. “From the first days of this painful incident, we announced our readiness to cooperate in investigating the black boxes of the Ukrainian plane,” government spokesman Ali...
