Section: Al Arabiya (United Arab Emirates)
Ukraine’s president orders prompt investigation of military plane crash
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday the causes of a military plane crash which killed 26 people would be investigated promptly and impartially.A military transport plane carrying air force cadets :Downed Ukraine plane victims’ families reject Iran’s black box reportFamilies of MH17 Ukraine plane crash victims want...
Military plane crashes in Ukraine, killing 22
A Ukrainian military plane carrying aviation school students crashed and burst into flames Friday while landing, killing 22 people, the country’s emergencies service said.Two other people on board were seriously injured and four people were missing. The An-26 crashed while landing at the airport in Chuhuiv, about 400 kilometers east of the...
Iran’s Zarif: World should oppose US sanctions or except to face their own sanctions
The world community should oppose the United States’ use of sanctions to impose its will as a “bully,” or expect to face sanctions itself, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday.US President Donald Trump plans to issue an executive order allowing him to impose US sanctions on anyone who violates a...
Senior Iranian commander blames US for downing of Ukrainian plane
A senior Iranian military commander said Friday that he believed the US was behind the downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane over Tehran in January.“My guess is that it was an electronic war waged by America,” Brig. Gen. Abdolali Poorshaseb, a deputy commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, alleged. The headquarters is Iran’s...
Coronavirus: WHO warns of COVID-19 momentum as winter looms
The World Health Organization warned on Wednesday that COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, is spreading at a worrying pace in some parts of the northern hemisphere, a few months away from the winter influenza season.WHO technical lead for COVID-19, Maria Van Kerkhove, said they are seeing an increase in hospitalizations, in...
CNN being sued by attorney who defended Trump during impeachment trial
Attorney Alan Dershowitz is suing CNN for $300 million, alleging it slandered and libeled him through its editing of a comment he made to the Senate while defending :Trump impeachment acquittal ‘full vindication and exoneration’: White HouseUS House impeaches Trump for abuse of power, obstruction of congress …read more Source:: Al...
Russia’s Putin doubles down on Belarus ally, wary of protest contagion
Russian President Vladimir Putin is tightening his embrace of beleaguered ally Alexander Lukashenko as the Belarusian ruler intensifies a crackdown on month-long protests.Putin, who hosts Lukashenko for talks in Sochi on Monday, is determined opposition demonstrators won’t topple the Belarusian president, said five people close to the...
Coronavirus: Israel to impose a three-week nationwide lockdown
Israel will enter a three-week nationwide lockdown starting on Friday to contain the spread of the coronavirus after a second- wave surge of new cases, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.During the lockdown, which comes during the Jewish high-holiday season, Israelis will have to stay within 500 meters of their houses, but can...
Coronavirus: Ultra-Orthodox Israeli minister quits over COVID-19 lockdown plans
An ultra-Orthodox minister in Israel’s government resigned Sunday over nationwide lockdown plans to tackle one of the world’s highest coronavirus rates that would affect religious practices over Jewish holidays.Yaakov Litzman stood down as housing minister, protesting at measures that he said will prevent Jews from attending...
Coronavirus: UN adopts COVID-19 response resolution, US votes against
The United States was supported only by Israel on Friday in a vote against a UN resolution for a “comprehensive and coordinated response” to the Covid-19 pandemic, a text that included recognition of the WHO’s leadership role.The measure, which has been negotiated since May, was adopted by an overwhelming majority of 169 countries out of...
