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Russian spies hacked Ukrainian gas firm mentioned in Trump impeachment
WASHINGTON: Russian spies hacked a Ukrainian energy company at the centre of the impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump, a cybersecurity firm said Monday. Russia’s GRU spy agency launched a “phishing” attack in November to access the email of Burisma Holdings employees, California cyber firm Area 1 Security said in a report. “The...
Heydar Aliyev International Airport named most punctual airlines for December 2019
Heydar Aliyev International Airport has compiled a rating of the most punctual airlines for December 2019. Etihad Airways, Kuwait Airways and UIA (Ukraine International) achieved 100% punctuality rate in December 2019 when …read more Source:: Azerbaijan State News...
Iran says several people arrested in relation to Ukraine plane crash
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Arrests made over Ukrainian airliner shooting: Iranian judiciary
TEHRAN: Iran’s judiciary on Tuesday announced that it has arrested “some people” over the downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet in Tehran last week.”Extensive investigations have been carried out and some people have been arrested,” judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili told a televised news conference. However,...
Russia hacked Ukrainian gas firm in Trump impeachment case
Trump pressured Ukraine to probe Burisma and its links to the Bidens. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: Russian spies hacked a Ukrainian energy company at the centre of the impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump, a cybersecurity firm said Monday. Russia’s GRU spy agency launched a “phishing” attack in November to access the email of Burisma...
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....
US-Iran tensions: Tehran agrees de-escalation ‘only solution’ to solve crisis
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani (R) meeting with the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in Tehran. Photo: AFPIran on Monday signalled it favours a de-escalation after more than a week of heightened tensions with the United States during which both sides fired missiles and Tehran accidentally shot down a passenger...
Canada investigators to gain access to plane wreckage in Iran
176 passengers and crew were killed and the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 was shot down by a missile shortly after taking off from Tehran before dawn last Wednesday. Photo: AFPOTTAWA: Canadian investigators flying to Tehran on Monday will access the wreckage and black boxes from a Ukranian jetliner downed by a missile strike last...
Republicans reject dismissal of Trump charges ahead of trial
McConnell has vowed to help acquit Trump. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: Republican members of the US Senate, poised to begin an impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the coming days, voiced opposition on Monday to any attempt to dismiss the charges against him without a trial. The Democratic-led US House of Representatives is expected to...
Trudeau blames Ukraine plane’s downing on US-Iran tensions
Trudeau attended a memorial for the victims last week. (AP pic)OTTAWA: Victims of an Iran-downed jetliner would still be alive if not for a recent escalation of tensions partly triggered by the United States, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday. “I think if there were no tensions, if there was no escalation recently in the region,...
