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Ceasefire between Ukrainian and eastern rebel forces to begin at midnight
Ukrainian and rebel forces in war-torn eastern Ukraine have started preparing for a “full and comprehensive” ceasefire scheduled to begin at midnight on Monday.Rebel officials said on Sunday they have instructed their troops about the ceasefire and issued a decree banning weapon use. Ukraine’s military said their forces “have begun...
Coronavirus: South Korea reports highest single-day rise in COVID-19 since March
South Korea reported 113 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, the largest single-day increase in almost four months, and officials warned the upward trajectory could continue as people carrying the disease enter the country from abroad.:Amid coronavirus, Kenyan women risk their lives to give birthCoronavirus: Vacuum cleaner bags may be best...
Coronavirus: Ukraine reports its highest daily COVID-19 case count in a month
Ukraine reported 1,106 new cases of the coronavirus within a 24-hour period, the highest daily toll since a record on June 26, when it reached 1,109, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said on Saturday.The number of new daily infections has increased sharply in the past two months following the gradual lifting of restrictions that began in...
Iran condemns US jet fly-by of airliner, lodges complaint with ICAO
Iran said on Friday a US fighter jet “harassed” an Iranian civilian airliner in an act of terrorism which injured and panicked passengers, dismissing a US account that the jet was merely conducting a visual inspection. State TV video footage of the inside of the Mahan Air airliner showed a passenger lying immobile of the floor and another with a...
US warplane fly-by of Iranian airliner risked possible ‘disaster,’ says Zarif
Iran’s foreign minister accused the United States on Friday of risking a disaster after a US warplane’s fly-by of an Iranian civilian airliner led it to rapidly change altitude to avoid collision, injuring and panicking passengers.“US … harasses a scheduled civil airliner — endangering innocent civilian passengers —...
‘Illegal interference’ in downing of Ukraine plane in Iran: Ukraine deputy FM
In deciphering black boxes from the downed Ukraine plane in Iran, “illegal interference” with the plane has been confirmed, Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign Minister wrote on Twitter on Friday.The Canadian Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday an international team examining the black boxes from the jet had completed a preliminary analysis...
Preliminary analysis of black box data from downed Ukraine jet is done, says Canada
An international team examining the black boxes from a Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran has completed preliminary analysis of the data in France, Canada’s Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday.“The work in Paris is finished, but the investigation is far from over. There are still many key questions that need to be...
Coronavirus: COVID-19 PCR test needed to travel to UAE, here’s all you need to know
All travelers arriving in or transiting through the United Arab Emirates :Coronavirus: ‘No date yet’ for international flights to, from Saudi Arabia, says GACACoronavirus: Dubai prepares to resume medical tourism sector amid COVID-19Coronavirus: Dubai launches ‘Dubai assured’ stamp for tourism, retail establishments …read more...
Zelensky defends movie post to end hostage crisis
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday defended his decision to agree to a hostage-taker’s bizarre demand that he post a movie recommendation to end a 12-hour stand-off.Zelensky described how he personally negotiated on Tuesday evening with a gunman who was holding 13 hostages on a bus in Lutsk, around 400km west of capital...
Ukrainian police say all hostages on seized bus freed, armed man arrested
Ukrainian police have secured the release of all the remaining hostages who were seized on a bus in western Ukraine on Tuesday, and detained the hostage taker, police said in a statement.“The hostages have been released,” the statement said. “A man who took hostages in Lutsk today and held them on a bus has been detained.”For all the latest...
