Section: United Arab Emirates
Iran confirms two missiles fired at Ukraine airliner
Iran has confirmed two missiles were fired at a Ukrainian airliner brought down this month, in a catastrophic error that killed all 176 people on board and sparked angry protests. The country’s civil aviation authority said it has yet to receive a positive response after requesting technical assistance from France and the United States to...
Historic Trump impeachment trial to begin Tuesday
President Donald Trump’s historic impeachment trial begins in earnest Tuesday in the Senate, with Democrats calling for his removal from office and Republicans determined to acquit him — and quickly, if possible. Four months after the Ukraine scandal exploded and went on to overshadow the end of Trump’s term, and 10 months...
Iran confirms reports that two missiles downed Ukraine airliner
Two missiles were fired at a Ukrainian airliner that was brought down earlier this month, Iran’s civil aviation authority confirmed in a preliminary report posted on its website late Monday. …read more Source:: Al...
EXPLAINER: Why is President Donald Trump on trial in the US Senate?
The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump begins in earnest in the US Senate on Tuesday, after he was formally charged by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives on Dec. 18 with “high crimes and misdemeanors.” The Republican president, who is expected to be acquitted by the Republican-controlled Senate, says he is...
Ukraine to press for plane crash black boxes as Iran minister visits
Ukraine will press Iran to hand over the black boxes from the crash of a Ukrainian passenger plane at a meeting with a visiting Iranian delegation on Monday, Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko told …read more Source:: Al...
Canada asks Iran to send airliner’s black boxes to Ukraine or France
Canada on Sunday repeated its request that Iran quickly hand over to France or Ukraine black boxes from the Ukrainian airliner which Tehran’s forces accidentally shot down.Canadian Minister of …read more Source:: Al...
Iran aims to examine downed plane’s black boxes, no plan yet to send them abroad
* Canada, others want black boxes examined abroad * Ottawa says France has expertise to decode data * Iranian official earlier said recorders headed to Kiev * Disaster adds to pressure amid standoff with US Iran said on Sunday it was trying to analyse the black boxes of a Ukrainian airliner that its military shot down this month, denying a report...
Bodies of Ukrainian victims of Iran plane crash returned home
The bodies of the 11 Ukrainian citizens who died when a passenger plane was accidentally shot down by Iran this month were brought back to Ukraine on Sunday in a solemn ceremony at Kiev airport. All 176 on board the Ukraine International Airlines flight from Tehran to Kiev were killed when the Boeing 737-800 was shot down on Jan. 8, at a time...
Bodies of Ukrainian victims of Iran plane crash returned home
The bodies of the 11 Ukrainian citizens who died when a passenger plane was accidentally shot down by Iran this month were brought back to Ukraine on Sunday in a solemn ceremony at Kiev airport. All …read more Source:: Al...
Iran backtracks on plan to send flight recorders to Ukraine
The Iranian official leading the investigation into the Ukrainian jetliner that was accidentally shot down by the Revolutionary Guard appeared to backtrack Sunday on plans to send the flight recorders …read more Source:: Al...
