Section: The Himalayan Times (Nepal)
Ukrainian president rejects prime minister’s resignation
KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rejected his prime minister’s offer to resign and asked him to stay on the job Friday after he was caught on tape saying Zelenskiy — a former sitcom star with no previous political experience — knows nothing about the economy. In a video released by Zelenskiy’s office, the president called...
Iran can take fight beyond its borders, Khamenei says after US strike, unrest
Khamenei’s first Friday prayer sermon in eight years Iran under pressure over plane disaster, nuclear work Sermon follows US, Iran tit-for-tat military strikes DUBAI: The Revolutionary Guards can take their fight beyond Iran’s borders, the supreme leader said on Friday, responding to the US killing of a top general and to unrest at...
Ukrainian PM offers to quit after tape suggests he criticised president
PM offers resignation after embarrassing recording circulates In comments to Reuters PM hints that he might not step down Says reforms, IMF programme not affected by his move KIEV: Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk submitted his resignation on Friday after an audio recording suggested he had criticised the president, but then appeared to...
US House sends Trump impeachment charges to Senate for trial
House vote was 228 to 193, largely on party lines Opening statements in Senate trial could come on Tuesday Trump charges were abuse of power, obstruction of Congress WASHINGTON: The Democratic-led House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to send two formal charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate, clearing the way for only the...
Iranians bury dead from downed plane after days of rage on the street
Protests had raged for four days in Iranian cities Iranians angry military took days to admit plane error Iran battling unrest at home, pressure from abroad Tehran dismisses idea of new deal to end nuclear row DUBAI: Iranians buried their dead from an airliner shot down by the military as authorities on Wednesday identified more of the 176...
Why the Ukrainian plane tragedy is unlikely to lead to global airspace rules
MONTREAL/KUALA LUMPUR/PARIS: Why was the Ukrainian airliner mistakenly shot down near Tehran by Iranian forces last week for the loss of 176 lives even allowed to take off from a country that had just fired missiles towards its neighbour? And why didn’t the airline just delay or cancel the flight? In short – because a century of...
Iran makes arrests in plane shootdown, police crack down on protests
DUBAI: Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested people accused of a role in shooting down a Ukrainian airliner and had also detained 30 people involved in protests that have swept the nation for four days since the military belatedly admitted its error. Wednesday’s downing of Ukraine International Airlines flight 752, which killed all 176...
Anger in Iran over jet’s downing; gunfire disperses protests
DUBAI: Popular anger swelled Monday in Iran over the accidental shootdown of a Ukrainian jetliner and the government’s attempt to conceal its role in the tragedy, as online videos appeared to show security forces firing live ammunition and tear gas to disperse protests in the streets. Iranians, already suffering under crippling U.S....
‘Our enemy is here’: Iran protesters demand that leaders quit after plane downed
Protesters angry at state for handling of plane crisis Iran spent days after Wednesday’s crash denying role Trump warns Iranian leaders: ‘The World is watching’ Plane downed following tit-for-tat US, Iran attacks DUBAI: Protests erupted across Iran for a second day on Sunday, increasing pressure on the Islamic Republic’s...
Protests pile pressure on Iran after admission of plane strike
Protesters angry at the state for the handling of plane crisis Iran spent days after Wednesday’s crash denying role Commander says he knew plane shot down day it happened Trump tells Iran: “The world is watching.” DUBAI: Iranian protesters and newspapers piled pressure on the country’s leadership and riot police stepped up their...
