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Missiles Hit 25 Seconds Apart in Downed Ukraine Passenger Plan
Iran’s Civil Aviation reports that analysis from the black boxes of a downed Ukrainian passenger plane shows it was hit by two missiles. The missiles his the passenger plane 25 seconds apart. Furthermore that passengers were still alive for some time after the impact of the first missile. The announcement by the head of Iran’s […] The...
US believes Iran military accidentally shot down Ukraine airliner
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump said yesterday (Jan 9) he had “suspicions” about the crash of a Ukrainian airliner outside Tehran that killed all 176 people aboard, as US officials reported it had been mistakenly shot down by Iran. …read more Source:: The Phuket...
Ukraine jet crashes in Iran, killing at least 170
WORLD: TEHRAN: A Ukrainian plane carrying at least 170 people crashed shortly after take off in Tehran yesterday (Jan 8) killing all on board, Iran state media reported. …read more Source:: The Phuket...
Ukrainian airplane crashes near Iran’s capital, killing 176
A rescue worker searches the scene where an Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020.(AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)SHAHEDSHAHR, Iran (AP) — A Ukrainian passenger jet carrying 176 people crashed on Wednesday, just minutes after taking off from the Iranian capital’s main airport,...
Trump returns to Washington to face a pair of challenges
President Donald Trump’s motorcade returns from the Trump International Golf Club located in West Palm Beach, to Mar-a-Lago, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020 (AP Photo/Jim Rassol)WASHINGTON (AP) — His 17-day holiday stay at his Florida resort over, President Donald Trump has returned to the White House facing twin challenges: the fallout from the...
North Korea’s Kim touts strategic weapon amid stall in talks
In this undated photo taken during the period of Dec. 28 – Dec. 31, 2019 provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a Workers’ Party meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Expressing deep frustration over stalled nuclear talks,...
US airstrike kills powerful Iranian general
This photo released by the Iraqi Prime Minister Press Office shows a burning vehicle at the Baghdad International Airport following an airstrike in Baghdad, Iraq, early Friday, Jan. 3, 2020.(Iraqi Prime Minister Press Office via AP) Loading… BAGHDAD (AP) — The Pentagon said Thursday that the U.S. military has killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the...
Militiamen withdraw from US Embassy but Iraq tensions linger
Iraqi army soldiers are deployed in front of the U.S. embassy, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. Iran-backed militiamen have withdrawn from the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad after two days of clashes with American security forces. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)BAGHDAD (AP) — Iran-backed militiamen withdrew from the U.S. Embassy compound in...
US, German, Israeli envoys weigh in on Russian WWII claims
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. (Christian Hartmann, Pool Photo via APWARSAW, Poland (AP) — The U.S, German and Israeli ambassadors in Warsaw weighed in Monday against claims by Russian President Vladimir Putin that Poland bears part of the blame for the outbreak of World War...
Ukraine, eastern rebels swap prisoners in move to end war
A Russia-backed separatist soldier escorts a group of separatists war prisoners after they were exchanged near the checkpoint Horlivka, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)MAIORSK CHECKPOINT, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine on Sunday exchanged 200 prisoners in a move...
