Section: Al Arabiya (United Arab Emirates)
Father of slain Iranian protester blasts Soleimani after attending memorial
The father of an Iranian protester killed by security forces in Iran said Monday he was forced to attend a memorial of slain military commander Qassem Soleimani, who he considers responsible for the killing of thousands of women and children.Manouchehr Bakhtiari’s remarks come after pictures and videos of him holding a Soleimani poster went...
Iran downed plane: Ukraine not satisfied with compensation, Iran to send black box
After Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in February that Kiev was not satisfied with the size of compensation Iran had offered after the Islamic Republic downed a Ukrainian airliner, Tehran will send the black boxes from the downed plane to France for analysis.Iran :Grieving nations demand Iran compensate relatives of plane attack...
Canadian families of Ukrainian plane shot down in Iran vow ‘not to remain silent’
Families of victims of the Ukrainian civilian airliner downed by Iranian missiles in January will meet with Canadian Foreign Minister François-Philippe Champagne to urge Canada to press Iran to :Families of victims of Ukraine plane shot down by Iran grappling with challengesIran sued over victims of downed Ukrainian plane by Canadian...
EU extends Russian sanctions over Ukraine: Merkel
The European Union has agreed to extend punishing sanctions against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine by six months, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday.The sanctions, which target whole sectors of the Russian economy including its valuable oil businesses, were due to expire this month but “would be extended by six months,” said Merkel...
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...
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...
US ‘outraged’ as Russia convicts ex-marine of spying
The United States expressed outrage Monday over a Russian court’s conviction of American Paul Whelan on espionage charges, saying he was deprived of a fair trial.Whelan, a former Marine arrested in December 2018, was sentenced Monday to 16 years of hard labor after being found guilty of receiving classified information.“The United States is...
Iran judge accused of corruption, human rights violations arrested in Romania
Gholamreza Mansouri, an Iranian judge accused of corruption in Iran and of human rights violations by activists, has been arrested in Romania by the Interpol, Iran confirmed on Saturday. Mansouri cannot yet be extradited back to Iran due to coronavirus restrictions, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein...
