Section: United Arab Emirates
After Iran releases analysis, Canada presses for answers on downed Ukrainian airplane
Canada is pressing Iran for additional answers over the downing in January of a Ukrainian jetliner, after an announcement by Tehran on Sunday provided “limited and selected information.”Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has said it :Downed Ukraine plane victims’ families reject Iran’s black box reportN. Korea’s Kim Jong Un may be...
Downed Ukraine plane victims’ families reject Iran’s black box report
An association representing the relatives of the victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane downed by the Iranian military in January has rejected Tehran’s report on the contents of the plane’s black boxes, describing it as a display of “obscurantism.” Iran on Sunday :Black boxes of Ukraine plane shot down in Iran arrive in...
2 missiles had hit Ukraine plane with 25 seconds gap
Iran says black boxes from downed plane show missiles hit 25 seconds apart …read more Source:: Khaleej...
US official will travel to Russia, Lithuania amid Belarus crisis
US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun will travel to Lithuania, Russia and Ukraine on August 24-27 to meet senior government leaders to discuss regional issues, the State Department said in a statement on Sunday.Reuters reported exclusively on Friday that Biegun would travel to the region for talks on Belarus, sources said, as Washington...
Ukraine to explore new vistas of cooperation with UAE: Envoy
A UAE humanitarian relief plane carrying 11 metric tonnes of medical supplies was also dispatched to Ukraine. …read more Source:: Khaleej...
Passengers, crew of downed Ukraine plane still alive after first missile strike: Iran
The passengers and crew of the Ukrainian airliner :Black boxes of Ukraine plane shot down in Iran arrive in FrancePreliminary analysis of black box data from downed Ukraine jet is done, says Canada‘Illegal interference’ in downing of Ukraine plane in Iran: Ukraine deputy FMIran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shot down the...
Iran calls for countries not to politicize data from downed Ukrainian jet
Iran is calling on all countries involved to refrain from politicizing data analysis from the blackboxes of a Ukrainian passenger plane that Tehran said it accidentally shot downed in January, the Nournews website quoted the head of the country’s Civil Aviation Organization as saying on Sunday.Iran’s Revolutionary Guards shot down the...
Coronavirus: Israel urges Ukraine to ban Jewish pilgrim amid COVID-19 concerns
The head of Israel’s coronavirus task force has asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to ban an annual pilgrimage in which Hasidic Jews visit the central Ukrainian town of Uman over concerns the site may become a virus hotspot.Tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews descend on Uman every Jewish New Year to visit the grave of Rabbi Nachman...
Ukraine, Qatar’s QTerminals sign 35-year seaport concession deal
Ukraine is discussing further infrastructure projects with Qatar …read more Source::...
Belarus leader decries ‘attempt to seize power’
The nascent political opposition in Belarus established a council inside the country yesterday, a move President Alexander Lukashenko denounced as an attempt to seize power 10 days after an election that has triggered mass demonstrations. Many of Belarus’s major opposition figures are either in jail or in exile, including presidential...