Section: The Straits Times (Singapore)
Pompeo to investigate whether ex-envoy to Ukraine was spied on
January 19, 2020 5:00 AMWASHINGTON • US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo has promised to investigate whether the ousted ambassador to Ukraine was being spied on by President Donald Trump’s supporters, but said that if so, he was unaware. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Iran is sending black boxes of downed plane to Ukraine: Aviation official
January 18, 2020 10:08 PMDUBAI (REUTERS) – Iran is sending to Ukraine the black boxes of the Ukrainian passenger plane that its military accidentally shot down this month, Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday (Jan 18). …read more Source:: The Straits...
Mike Pompeo says US will probe possible surveillance of Ukraine envoy
January 18, 2020 1:07 AMWASHINGTON (AFP) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo promised on Friday (Jan 17) to investigate whether the ousted ambassador to Ukraine was being spied on by President Donald Trump’s supporters but said he was unaware if so. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Ukraine says Iran to hand over downed jet’s black boxes
January 17, 2020 10:03 PMKIEV (AFP) – Ukraine said on Friday (Jan 17) that Iran was ready to hand over the black box flight recorders of the Ukrainian passenger plane downed by an Iranian missile. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Ukraine PM submits resignation letter, president to consider it
January 17, 2020 3:59 PMKIEV (REUTERS) – Ukraine’s Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk has submitted a letter of resignation and President Volodymur Zelenskiy will consider it, the presidential office said on Friday (Jan 17). …read more Source:: The Straits...
Giuliani associate: Trump had knowledge of Ukraine pressure
January 16, 2020 12:15 PMWASHINGTON (AP) – A close associate of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer says he delivered an ultimatum in May to the incoming president of Ukraine that no senior US officials would attend his inauguration and all American aid to the war-torn country would be withheld if an investigation into Joe Biden...
Trump impeachment: Was someone tracking the US ambassador in Kiev?
January 16, 2020 8:11 AMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – A top Democrat in Congress vowed on Wednesday (Jan 15) to investigate “profoundly alarming” messages suggesting that the former US ambassador to Ukraine was subject to surveillance before President Donald Trump fired her in May. …read more Source:: The Straits...
New video shows 2 missiles downed Ukraine jet
January 16, 2020 5:00 AMWASHINGTON • New video footage has emerged showing two Iranian missiles tearing through the night sky and hitting a Ukrainian passenger plane, sending the aircraft crashing in flames and killing all 176 passengers and crew on board. …read more Source:: The Straits...
New video shows two Iranian missiles hit Ukraine plane in Iran
January 15, 2020 7:44 AMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – New security camera footage shows two Iranian missiles, fired 30 seconds apart, hit a Ukrainian commercial airliner after takeoff from Teheran on Jan 8, the New York Times reported on Tuesday (Jan 14). …read more Source:: The Straits...
Russians hacked Ukrainian gas company at centre of Trump impeachment
January 14, 2020 9:52 AMWASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – With US President Donald Trump facing an impeachment trial over his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate former Vice-President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, Russian military hackers have been boring into the Ukrainian gas company at the centre of the affair, according to security...
