Section: Africa&ME
Planes Brought Down By Missiles Since 1973
Iran on Saturday said its armed forces had “unintentionally” shot down the Ukrainian airliner which crashed outside Tehran. The admission came a day after the country’s civil aviation chief had denied that the plane was brought down by a missile. The Boeing 737 crashed on Wednesday, killing all 176 passengers and crew on board, shortly...
Russia reacts after Iran admits to shooting down Ukraine plane
Iran, which admitted on Saturday that it accidentally shot down a Ukrainian airliner killing 176 people, must “learn lessons” from the disaster, the chairman of the Russian parliament’s foreign… …read more Source::...
Iran admits to shooting down Ukrainian plane
Iran on Saturday said it unintentionally shot down the Ukrainian airliner that crashed this week killing 176 people, calling it an “unforgivable mistake”. The Ukraine International Airlines plane… …read more Source::...
US: Pelosi Announces Will Hand Articles of Impeachment over to Senate Next Week
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Friday she will hand the articles of impeachment against US President Donald Trump to the Senate next week. “I have asked Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler to be prepared to bring to the Floor next week a resolution to appoint managers and transmit articles of impeachment to the Senate,” Pelosi said...
Ukraine demands compensation for plane downed by Iran
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said earlier on Saturday that Tehran “deeply regrets this disastrous mistake”. …read more Source:: Khaleej...
Iran Judiciary Chief Orders Investigation into Downing of Ukrainian Plane
Iran’s Judiciary Chief Sayyed Ibrahim Raeisi ordered the head of the Armed Forces’ Judiciary Organization to immediately launch investigations into the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was caused by human error. In a statement released on Saturday, Raeisi offered his condolences over the deadly crash of the Ukrainian...
China Reports First Death From Mystery Virus Outbreak
China on Saturday reported the first death from a virus believed to be from the same family as the SARS pathogen that killed hundreds in China and Hong Kong more than a decade ago. Forty-one people with pneumonia-like symptoms have so far been diagnosed with the new type of coronavirus in the central Chinese city of Wuhan where it was first...
Ukraine wants punishment, compensation from Iran for downed plane
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy demands assurances for Tehran to open a full probe, bringing those responsible to justice. …read more Source:: AL...
Ukraine airline chief says he never believed airline caused Iran crash
Ukraine International Airlines President Yevhenii Dykhne said on Saturday he never doubted that the airline had not caused the crash of its passenger plane in Iran. Eleven Ukrainians, …read more Source:: Al...
Iran: Ukrainian Plane Brought Down ‘Due to Human Error’
Iran says a Ukrainian plane which crashed outside Tehran this week had flown close to a sensitive military site and been brought down due to human error “at a time of crisis caused by US adventurism.” In a statement issued on Saturday, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran said that at the time of the incident, the...
