Section: Africa&ME
Plane crash: Britain, Ukraine, Canada, Sweden, Afghanistan decides against Iran
Foreign leaders on Thursday demanded compensation from Iran over the shooting down of Ukrainian international airliner which caused the death of 176 on board. In a joint statement, Canada, Ukraine,… …read more Source::...
Iran can take fight beyond its borders, Khamenei says after US strike
Dubai – The Revolutionary Guards can take their fight beyond Iran’s borders, the supreme leader said on Friday, responding to the U.S. killing of a top general and to unrest at home over the accidental downing of an airliner. In his first Friday prayers sermon in eight years, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also told thousands of Iranians who...
How Putin is laying the groundwork to keep his grip on Russia’s autocracy
In 1999, Russia’s president Boris Yeltsin appointed a competent, little-known security official named Vladimir Putin as acting prime minister, before steering him into the presidency. Here, Yeltsin thought, was a loyalist who would protect him and his family from prosecution but also safeguard Yeltsin’s legacy – a Russia that...
Ukraine PM offers to resign after leaked recording: AFP
…read more Source:: Al-Manar TV
Iran Decries Certain Countries’ Political Abuse of Ukraine Plane Crash
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has decried the “abuse” of Iran’s accidental downing of Ukraine plane by some countries who pursue certain “political plots” against Iran. “We urge all sides to not abuse humanitarian issues – specifically this tragic incident – in a bid to make political gestures and pursue their political dreams,” Foreign...
‘He was aware of all my movements’
Lev Parnas, Ukrainian-American businessman, insists Pres. Trump ‘knew what was going on’ in Ukraine and was ‘aware’ of all his movements. …read more Source:: Arutz...
Air France-KLM: Stopped flying over Iran after downing of Ukraine plane
; …read more Source:: The Jerusalem...
Iranian representative to go to Ukraine next week, Kiev says
An Iranian representative will travel to Ukraine next week following the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane near Tehran last week, Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko told parliament on Friday. …read more Source:: Al...
Oleksiy Honcharuk offers to resign after tape suggests he criticised President Volodymyr Zelenskiy
Kiev – Ukraine’s prime minister Oleksiy Honcharuk submitted his resignation on Friday after an audio recording suggested he had criticised the president, but then appeared to suggest in comments to Reuters that he might stay in his job. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will consider the resignation letter later on Friday, the...
Ukraine PM offers to resign after tape suggests he criticised president
Honcharuk said on Friday the recording had been doctored and was made up of different fragments of what had been said at government meetings.; …read more Source:: The Jerusalem...
