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Sweden halts flights to Iran over safety concerns
Iran Air is the only airline that flies directly between Sweden and Iran. (AP pic)STOCKHOLM: Sweden on Friday stopped direct flights to Iran, citing “unclarity” around the crash of a Ukrainian passenger plane earlier this week where 176 people were killed. The Swedish Transport Agency said in a statement that it decided to temporarily withdraw...
Dutch blame Iranian missile for jet crash
The US, Canada and Britain already suggested that the crash was caused by a missile strike by Iranian forces. (AP pic)THE HAGUE: Dutch intelligence has information that a Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran was probably hit by a missile, the prime minister said on Friday, becoming the latest Western country to suggest the plane was brought...
Democrats to submit Trump impeachment articles to Senate next week
House speaker Nancy Pelosi declines to provide a timeline for future steps in the impeachment process. (AFP pic)WASHINGTON: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday she intends to transmit articles of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate next week, moving to end a taut standoff with Republicans over terms of the president’s...
Iran denies missile downed Ukrainian plane
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko says experts will start analysing the airliner’s black box contents. (AP pic)TEHRAN: Iran’s civil aviation chief denied Friday that a missile downed a Ukrainian airliner which crashed killing all 176 people on board, rejecting Western claims of a catastrophic mistake by Tehran’s air...
Iran wants to handle black box data after plane crash blamed on missile
Satellite photo shows the Ukrainian jetliner crash site near Shahedshahr, southwest of Tehran. (AP pix)DUBAI: Iran said on Friday it wanted to download black box recordings itself from a Ukrainian airliner that crashed, killing all 176 people aboard, after Canada and others said the plane was brought down by an Iranian missile, probably by...
Trump mocks Democrats for criticism of Soleimani strike notice
President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally in Toledo, Ohio. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump mocked Democrats for their criticism that he should have notified Congress before killing a top Iranian general, a strike that’s raised tensions in the Middle East. “We got a call, we heard where he was, we knew the way he...
Iran invites US to join Ukrainian airliner probe, refutes missile link
Rescue worker standing next to debris of the Ukrainian airliner. (AP pic)PARIS: Iran has invited the US National Transportation Safety Board to take part in its investigation into the crash of a Ukrainian jetliner and the US agency has agreed to assign an investigator, an Iranian official said on Thursday. “The NTSB has replied to our chief...
Democrats to press for impeachment witnesses throughout trial
Chuck Schumer will keep fighting to have witnesses at trial. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: US Democrats on Thursday vowed to keep fighting to hear witnesses at President Donald Trump’s pending impeachment trial in the Republican-controlled Senate, even as their drive to exact a guarantee ahead of the proceedings appeared futile. Senate Democratic...
Iran accidentally shot down Ukraine airliner, says US
Authorities work at the crash site in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Thursday he had “suspicions” about the crash of a Ukrainian airliner outside Tehran that killed all 176 people aboard, as US officials reported it had been mistakenly shot down by Iran. Unnamed officials told US...
Iran probe says Ukrainian jet was on fire before it crashed
Volodymyr Zelenskiy lays flowers at a memorial for the flight crew members. (AP pic)DUBAI: A Ukrainian airliner was on fire immediately before it crashed southwest of Tehran, killing all 176 on board, according to an initial report by Iranian investigators. The Ukrainian International Airlines Boeing 737-800, flying to Kiev and carrying mostly...
