Section: Malaysia
‘Furious’ Trudeau demands ‘full clarity’ from Iran on plane shootdown
Prime Minister Trudeau insists that Canada be allowed to participate in investigations on the Ukrainian airliner. (Reuters pic)OTTAWA: A “furious” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau demanded Saturday that Iran provide Canada with “full clarity” on the shootdown near Tehran of a Ukrainian airliner that killed all 176 aboard, including dozens of...
After calls from Kremlin, Ankar, Libya strongman Haftar agrees to ceasefire
General Khalifa Haftar had initially vowed to continue fighting to capture Tripoli. (Reuters pic)BENGHAZI: Libyan strongman General Khalifa Haftar on Saturday announced a ceasefire in his months-long battle to control the capital Tripoli after calls for a truce from Russia and Turkey. The North African state has seen an escalation of the turmoil...
Trump warns Iran against ‘another massacre of peaceful protesters’
President Trump says Tehran must allow human rights groups to ‘monitor and report facts’. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump warned Iran against cracking down on protests that broke out after it admitted shooting down an airliner by mistake, killing all 176 people aboard. “The government of Iran must allow human rights groups to...
Iran police disperse student air crash protesters
Students chanted slogans and demanded the prosecution of those responsible for downing the Ukrainian plane. (AP pic)TEHRAN: Iranian police dispersed students chanting “radical” slogans during a Saturday gathering in Tehran to honour the 176 people killed when an airliner was mistakenly shot down, Fars news agency reported. AFP correspondents said...
UK ambassador to Iran arrested at Tehran protests
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says Rob Macaire’s detention ‘without grounds’ violates international law. (AFP pic)LONDON: Iranian authorities briefly detained Britain’s ambassador in Tehran on Saturday, according to Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, after he was reportedly arrested during protests against the regime. “The...
Iran’s Rouhani promises punishment for those behind plane’s downing
President Hassan Rouhani ‘fully recognises’ the Ukrainian airliner’s tragedy and apologised on Iran’s behalf. (Reuters pic)KIEV: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has told his Ukrainian counterpart that those behind the downing of the Ukrainian airliner will be brought to justice, the Ukranian presidency said. Rouhani told...
Iran missile operator who downed jet acted alone
TEHRAN: The Iranian missile operator who shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet was acting alone when he opened fire because of a communications breakdown, a Revolutionary Guards commander said on Saturday. The operator had mistaken the Boeing 737 for a “cruise missile” and only had 10 seconds to decide whether to fire, said Brigadier General...
Merkel, Putin discuss Middle East flashpoints at Kremlin meeting
German Chancellor Merkel is in Moscow to discuss current international issues with President Putin. (AP pic)MOSCOW: German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Saturday for talks set to focus on flashpoints in the Middle East. Merkel and Putin shook hands at the start of the meeting which the German...
Ukraine airline says plane had no warning of threat before crash
Airline officials say the Iranian authorities should have closed the airport. (AP pic)KIEV:Ukraine International Airlines said on Saturday that its plane that crashed in Iran this week had received no warning from Tehran airport about a possible threat to its safety before it took off en route for Kiev. At a briefing by its president and vice...
Ukraine president to speak to Iran's Rouhani over downing of plane
KIEV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was due to speak on the phone with Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Saturday after Tehran admitted downing a Ukrainian airliner, officials said. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd …read more Source:: New Straits...
