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U.S. will work to determine if ex-ambassador Yovanovitch was under threat in Ukraine, Pompeo says
The U.S. State Department will do everything necessary to determine whether former U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was under threat in Ukraine, Secretary of State Mike … …read more Source:: The Japan...
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...
Zarif calls for rejecting politicization of plane incident
Monitoring Desk TEHRAN: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message referred to his bilateral meeting with his Canadian counterpart François-Philippe Champagne in Muscat and called for rejecting politicization of the Ukrainian plane incident. “In Oman today, met with Canadian FM @FP_Champagne to discuss consular, technical &...
Iran supreme leader Khamenei downplays protests, says foes exploiting plane tragedy
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said Iran’s deadly downing of a Ukrainian airliner was a “bitter” accident as he led the main weekly Muslim prayers in Tehran for the first time since 2012. Photo: AFPTEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader said Friday that demonstrations at home over the accidental downing of a Ukrainian...
Ukraine PM offers to resign after leaked recording
KIEV: Ukraine´s prime minister offered his resignation on Friday after audio was leaked of him questioning President Volodymyr Zelensky´s grasp of economics, in the first major political test for the inexperienced leader.It was unclear whether Zelensky would accept Oleksiy Goncharuk´s offer, which came after a recording emerged of him reportedly...
Countries affected by jet crash call for transparency
Monitoring Desk LONDON: Senior officials from Afghanistan, Canada, Ukraine, Sweden and the UK met in London on Thursday to discuss the urgency of support for the families of those affected in the Ukrainian airliner crash in Tehran on January 8 in which all 176 people on board were killed. The response group for the families of victims of flight...
EBRD appoints new managing director for Central Asia
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — André Küüsvek has been appointed as European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Managing Director for Central Asia. He will be responsible for one of the most geographically diverse regions of the Bank’s operations, where the EBRD has invested US$ 15.6 billion (€14 billion), the Bank said on January 17. In his...
Ukraine PM to ‘resign’
KIEV: Ukraine’s prime minister offered his resignation on Friday after audio was leaked of him questioning President Volodymyr Zelensky’s grasp of economics, in the first major political test for the inexperienced leader.It was unclear whether Zelensky would accept Oleksiy Goncharuk’s offer, which came after a recording emerged...
Trump allies draw up battle plan to limit impeachment trial damage
President Donald Trump has accused Democrats of a partisan-driven effort to undo his 2016 election victory. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and his Republican allies plan to launch a massive effort to limit damage to his chances of re-election as the Senate trial to determine whether to remove him from office gets underway in...
Trudeau urges Iran to send downed jetliner’s black boxes to France
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says France has laboratories capable of properly examining flight data. (AFP pic)OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday urged Iran to hand over black boxes from last week’s downed airliner to France, saying it has one of the few laboratories capable of properly examining them. “Iran...
