Section: US & Canada
Iranian protests: A sudden shift from U.S. to Iran’s leaders
Iranians protested in the streets this weekend after Iran’s military denied, then admitted to shooting down a Ukraine-bound airliner by mistake. …read more Source:: Christian Science...
Videos Reportedly Show Iranian Forces Firing Bullets and Tear Gas at Crowds Protesting Downed Airliner
(DUBAI, United Arab Emirates) — Iranian police and security forces fired both live ammunition and tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting against the Islamic Republic’s initial denial that it shot down a Ukrainian jetliner, online videos purported to show Monday. There was no immediate report in Iranian state-run media on the incident...
Ukraine Seeks To Shrink Underground Economy, Takes On Illegal Gambling, Other Sectors
Ukraine is cracking down on illegal gambling and logging and fraudulent gas stations in a bid to reduce the size of the country’s shadow economy. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Only English-Language TV Channel Shuts Down
Ukraine’s only English-language television channel, UATV, has stopped broadcasting. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Expects Bodies From Downed Airliner To Return This Week
Ukraine hopes to repatriate the bodies of the 11 Ukrainians who were killed aboard Flight PS752 in Iran by the end of this week. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Iranian Americans React to Ongoing Protests at Home
Iranian Americans are closely watching the unfolding situation in their home country as protests continue in Tehran over the Iran military’s admission on Saturday that it mistakenly shot down a civilian Ukrainian plane, killing all 176 on board.Many Iranian Americans have taken to the streets to express their support for the Iranian people...
Trump, Pelosi Taunt Each Other as Impeachment Trial Looms
U.S. President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi taunted each other Sunday as Trump’s Senate impeachment trial looms in the days ahead.The U.S. leader called Pelosi, his chief impeachment antagonist in the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives, “Crazy Nancy,” even before she told ABC News’ This Sunday show...
Viral Twitter thread by prominent journalist exposes liberal hypocrisy on Iran protests
Yashar Ali, one of Twitter’s most beloved users, called out some of President Donald Trump’s opponents in a viral Twitter thread early Sunday.In a series of tweets that were widely circulated, Ali, who is of Iranian descent, said that some on the left are using the Iranian people “as a tool to attack President Trump.” To...
Protests in Iran Shatter Image of a United Country
The outrage was aired first of all on social media forums — before spilling chaotically on to the streets with Saturday’s mass protests catching Iranian authorities off-guard and exposing how many Iranians hold the country’s embattled regime in disdain.After three days of public denials, the confession Saturday by the Iranian military...
Ukrainian investigators say they knew ‘within hours’ a missile had downed PS752
Ukrainian investigators believe the flight crew of the Ukrainian jet was killed instantly when a missile exploded next to their cockpit, penetrating the aircraft with shrapnel and sending it hurtling to the ground on fire. In an interview at the presidential offices in Kyiv, Oleksiy Danilov, the head of Ukraine’s National Security and...
