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Treasury will grant waivers to allow US participation in Iran crash probe
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says approval will be given to anyone who can help with the investigation. (AFP pic)WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday the department will grant sanction waivers to allow Americans or anyone else to participate in the investigation of Wednesday’s crash of a Ukrainian...
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 HAGUE: Dutch intelligence has information that a Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran was probably hit by a missile, a minister said on Friday, becoming the latest western country to suggest the plane was brought down.Canada and Britain have already suggested that the crash — in which all 176 people on board the plane were killed — was...
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...
Did Iran shoot down Ukraine plane? Experts fear crash site compromised
US and Canadian accident investigators are uncertain how much access they will get to evidence that could prove whether Iran shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane, and there were fears Friday that the probe might already be compromised by the removal of wreckage from the crash site.Clues to whether the Boeing 737 was brought down by an Iranian...
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 denies shooting down Ukraine jet
January 11, 2020 5:00 AMWASHINGTON• • Western leaders said that a Ukrainian passenger plane which crashed on Wednesday near Teheran, killing all 176 people on board, was brought down by an Iranian missile in error, allegations that Iran’s government has denied. …read more Source:: The Straits...
President Tsai Wraps up Election Campaign With Clarion Call to Taiwan’s Youth
On the eve of crucial elections that could set the course for Taiwan’s future, incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen issued a rallying call to voters to turn out in support of their hard-won freedoms, after months of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.“Every one of us must vote!” Tsai told a rally in the island’s capital late on Friday,...
Ukraine gets access to crashed plane’s black boxes: Minister
January 11, 2020 1:07 AMKIEV (AFP) – Ukrainian experts have gained access to the black box flight recorders of the Ukrainian plane that crashed in Iran, Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said on Friday (Jan 10). …read more Source:: The Straits...
