Section: Al Arabiya (United Arab Emirates)
Iran seeks French help to analyze Ukraine flight black boxes, says report
Iran has asked France to decrypt the black boxes from downed Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, sources close to the investigation said on Friday.The Iranian envoy to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montreal said the Islamic Republic had enlisted the help of France’s BEA air accident agency to download and...
Coronavirus: Ukraine’s first lady says tests positive for COVID-19
Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska said on Friday she had tested positive for the novel coronavirus amid a rise in infections.“Today I’ve received a positive COVID-19 test result,” she said on Facebook. …read more Source:: Al...
Putin and Merkel discuss Syria, Libya, Ukraine in phone call, says the Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed Syria’s humanitarian aid needs in a telephone call, the Kremlin said in a statement on Tuesday.Putin and Merkel also expressed their concern over an escalation of fighting in Libya and their support for four-way talks on conflict in eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin...
Coronavirus: Iran blames surge in cases on increased testing
Iran’s health ministry said Sunday a surge in new reported coronavirus infections was due to increased testing rather than a worsening outbreak.After hitting a near two-month low in early May and a lifting of tough movement restrictions, cases of the COVID-19 illness have been rising in Islamic republic, which is battling the Middle...
Iran’s Ukraine airliner black box has no ‘important’ information: Iranian Minister
Iran’s investigation into the downing of a Ukrainian passenger : :Iran ‘likely’ to hand over black box from Ukrainian airliner to France: ReportCoronavirus: Wedding party in Iran caused spike in cases, says President RouhaniRouhani oversaw smuggling of over $30 bln to Iraqi Kurdistan, says Iranian MP …read more Source:: Al...
Trump says it’s ‘common sense’ to include Russia in G7, France disagrees
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said it was “common sense” to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to rejoin the Group of Seven, saying it would be much easier to solve various issues if Moscow was represented at the gathering.“Many of the things that we talk about are about Putin,” Trump told Fox News Radio in an interview, adding:...
EU balks at Russia returning to G7 after Trump summit invite
The European Union views the Group of Seven format as a vital multilateral framework that cannot be changed on a permanent basis by the chair of the group, currently the United States, an EU spokesman said on Tuesday.US President Donald Trump on Saturday :US President Trump postpones G7 summit, seeks expansion of ‘outdated’...
Iran ‘likely’ to hand over black box from Ukrainian airliner to France: Report
Iran will “likely” send the black box from the Ukrainian airliner it downed in January to France, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Sunday.Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shot down the Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 on January 8, :Iran’s terrorist proxy organization in Iraq: Kata’ib...
Passengers of downed Ukrainian plane in ‘state of panic’ before attack: Official
Passengers on the downed Ukrainian flight over Iran were in a state of “panic” before the plane was hit by missiles from the Iranian military in January, according to a Ukrainian forensics head.Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shot down the Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 on January 8, killing :Iranian girl, 13,...
Ukrainian lawmaker found shot dead in office
A Ukrainian lawmaker was found shot dead in his office on Saturday, the deputy interior minister Anton Gerashchenko said.“The body of lawmaker Valerii Davydenko was found with a fatal gunshot wound to the head,” Gerashchenko wrote in a Facebook post, adding that police and prosecutors would investigate all possible reasons behind the death.The...
