Section: Voice of America (USA)
Iran Warns Europe as Diplomat Says Officials ‘Lied’ on Crash
Iran’s top diplomat acknowledged Wednesday that Iranians “were lied to” for days following the Islamic Republic accidentally shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner, killing 176 people, as the country’s president warned that European soldiers in the Mideast “could be in danger” after three nations challenged Tehran...
Ukraine Asks Iran for Downed Plane’s Data Recorders
Ukraine said Wednesday it asked Iran to give it the black box flight recorders from the Ukrainian International Airlines plane the Iranian military accidentally shot down last week.A statement from Ukraine’s prosecutor’s office said it is taking all necessary measures to ensure the recorders are properly decrypted and to preserve all...
4th Day of Iran Protests Sees Students Rally at Four Tehran Universities
Iranian students have staged noisy rallies at four Tehran universities in a fourth day of protests against Iran’s Islamist rulers after they admitted to mistakenly shooting down a passenger jet full of Iranians.Video clips obtained by VOA appeared to show dozens of students chanting anti-government slogans in Tuesday protests at Tehran...
House to Vote on Sending Impeachment Articles to Senate
The House of Representatives voted Wednesday on whether to send the articles of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump to the Senate.The measure in the Democratic-controlled House is certain to pass easily, opening the door for an impeachment trial to begin next week. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi made the announcement Tuesday after...
6 Democratic Presidential Candidates Trade Barbs, Attack Trump
Six U.S. Democratic presidential candidates traded barbs with each other in a tense debate late Tuesday, attempting to make the case to voters in the farm state of Iowa that they alone have the political fortitude and skill to take on Republican President Donald Trump in the November national election.With heightened world tensions between the...
Democrats Release New Documents on Eve of Impeachment Trial
House Democrats have released a trove of documents they obtained from Lev Parnas, a close associate of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, including a handwritten note that mentions asking Ukraine’s president to investigate “the Biden case.”The documents show Parnas communicating with Giuliani and...
US House Set to Vote Wednesday to Send Impeachment Charges to Senate
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House of Representatives will vote Wednesday to send official impeachment charges to the Senate, bringing the start of U.S. President Donald Trump’s historical impeachment trial one step closer to reality.Pelosi made the announcement in a statement that was released shortly after discussing the...
US to Fix, Not Scrap Open Skies Treaty
Washington residents were startled in April 2017 to see a low-flying aircraft transit directly through the normally restricted airspace at the center of the U.S. capital, with all its monuments and iconic government buildings.Many were more surprised to learn that the aircraft in question was a Russian Tupolev Tu-154 spy plane and that the...
Report: Russia Hacked Ukrainian Energy Firm Tied to Impeachment Inquiry
Hackers from Russia’s military intelligence unit, the GRU, have allegedly targeted a Ukrainian energy firm tied to the impeachment proceedings against U.S. President Donald Trump.Cybersecurity experts at California-based Area 1 Security released a report on Monday that found Burisma Holdings, where the son of presidential front-runner Joe...
Iranian President Pledges Punishment For Downing of Ukrainian Plane
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pledged Tuesday to punish those responsible for the accidental downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet, calling the incident “unforgivable.”In a televised speech, Rouhani called for a special court to be set up, and said, “the whole world will be watching.”Also Tuesday, an Iranian judiciary...
