Section: Otago Daily Times (New Zealand)
Iran says it ‘unintentionally’ shot down plane
2020-01-10t183458z_1546129344_rc26de9nfqep_rtrmadp_3_iran-crash.jpg Debris of the Ukraine International Airlines, flight PS752, Boeing 737-800 plane that was shot down after take-off from Iran’s Imam Khomeini airport, on the outskirts of Tehran. Photo: Reuters A Ukrainian aircraft which crashed earlier this week in Iran had flown close to a...
Passenger plane ‘shot down’: US officials
Wreckage from the crashed plane on the outskirts of Tehran. Photo: WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS A Ukraine airliner that crashed in Iran, killing all 176 people aboard, was most likely brought down accidentally by Iranian anti-aircraft missiles, US officials say. …read more Source:: Otago Daily...
Plane with 180 aboard crashes in Iran
A Boeing 737 belonging to Ukraine International Airlines has crashed due to technical problems after take-off from Iran’s Imam Khomeini airport with 180 passengers and crew aboard, the semi-official Fars news agency tweeted on Wednesday. …read more Source:: Otago Daily...
Plane with 180 aboard crashes in Iran
A Boeing 737 belonging to Ukraine International Airlines has crashed due to technical problems after take-off from Iran’s Imam Khomeini airport with 180 passengers and crew aboard, the semi-official Fars news agency tweeted on Wednesday. …read more Source:: Otago Daily...
Trump at brink of impeachment
US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters Democrats in the US House of Representatives on Friday took Republican President Donald Trump to the brink of impeachment when they approved two charges against him over his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden. …read more Source:: Otago Daily...
Trump at brink of impeachment
US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters Democrats in the US House of Representatives on Friday took Republican President Donald Trump to the brink of impeachment when they approved two charges against him over his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden. …read more Source:: Otago Daily...
Trump accuses impeachment witness of lying
US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters President Donald Trump has accused a witness in the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry of lying and offered an explanation for his controversial use of his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine policy, saying Giuliani’s crime-fighting abilities were needed to deal with a corrupt country....
Trump accuses impeachment witness of lying
2019-10-27t145817z_91419762_rc157c0a65b0_rtrmadp_3_mideast-crisis-baghdadi-trump.jpg US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters President Donald Trump has accused a witness in the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry of lying and offered an explanation for his controversial use of his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine policy, saying...
Ukraine election interference theory ‘fictional narrative’
Fiona Hill, former senior director for Europe and Russia on the National Security Council, testifies at a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Thursday. Photo: Reuters President Donald Trump’s former Russia adviser Fiona Hill has urged lawmakers in the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry not to promote “politically driven...
Speaker says Trump has admitted to bribery
US President Donald Trump and Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Photo: Reuters House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi says President Donald Trump already has admitted to bribery in the Ukraine scandal at the heart of a Democratic-led inquiry, accusing him of an impeachable offence under the United States Constitution. …read more Source:: Otago...
