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  • Zelenskiy, Pompeo discuss crash probe

    Date: 2020-01-10 16:08:19 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:35 - ID:8264166

    KIEV, Jan 10 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have discussed the investigation of the plane crash that killed 176 people in Iran this week, the Outlook India reported. A US statement says ....

  • Dutch minister says Iran likely shot down Ukraine airliner

    Date: 2020-01-10 15:33:27 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:32 - ID:8264124

    BRUSSELS, Jan 10 (MENA) -It was very likely that an Iranian missile shot down a Ukrainian jetliner, the Dutch foreign minister said on Friday, adding that the European Union’s next steps would depend on how Tehran reacts to the results of an ....

  • US army plans to expand Asian cyber efforts to counter China

    Date: 2020-01-10 15:30:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:31 - ID:8263993

    WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (MENA) - The US Army will expand efforts to counter China by deploying a specialized task force to the Pacific capable of conducting information, electronic, cyber and missile operations against Beijing, Bloomberg reported. The ....

  • ICAO says received from Iran preliminary report on Ukrainian plane crash

    Date: 2020-01-10 14:13:25 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:28 - ID:8263928

    GENEVA (Sputnik) – The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said it had received from Iran a preliminary report on the Ukrainian International Airlines' plane crash near Tehran, the body posted on its website. "ICAO has received ....

  • DRC: Inter-ethnic violence in Ituri may constitute 'crimes against humanity' – UN report

    Date: 2020-01-10 13:31:34 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:25 - ID:8263916

    GENEVA, Jan 10 (MENA)- Killings, rapes and other forms of violence targeting the Hema community in the Democratic Republic of Congo province of Ituri may amount to crimes against humanity, a UN report released on Friday said. An investigation ....

  • 3 missing after vessel collision in Black Sea near Istanbul

    Date: 2020-01-10 09:54:07 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:17 - ID:8263557

    ANKARA, Jan 10 (MENA)- A Russian-flagged tanker and a Turkish fishing boat collided in the Black Sea near Istanbul early Friday, sinking the fishing vessel, ABC news reported. Istanbul governor's office said in a statement three Turkish citizens ....

  • Tehran, Kiev agree to launch 'thorough' investigation into Ukrainian plane crash

    Date: 2020-01-10 07:56:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:11 - ID:8263442

    MOSCOW, Jan 10 (MENA) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky agreed to launch a thorough and prompt investigation into the crash of a Ukraine International Airlines plane in Tehran, RT reported. In a phone ....

  • US House votes to limit Trump's military action against Iran without congressional approval

    Date: 2020-01-10 07:25:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:8263436

    WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (MENA) - The US House of Representatives on Thursday voted to approve a resolution aimed at restraining the President's ability to use military action against Iran without congressional approval, amid simmering tensions between ....

  • Trudeau says Canada has intelligence Iran shot down Ukrainian airliner

    Date: 2020-01-09 21:54:40 GMT - Canada - World - SN:65 - ID:8263299

    OTTAWA, Jan 9 (MEMA) - Canada Prime Minister said Thursday that he had intelligence a Ukrainian airliner was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile, CNN reported. "This may have been unintentional," Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ....

  • Russia calls for de-escalation in Gulf region

    Date: 2020-01-09 21:04:07 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:61 - ID:8263223

    NEW YORK/MOSCOW, Jan 9 (MENA) – Moscow called on parties to swiftly de-escalate tensions in the Gulf region to avoid a military confrontation with unpredictable consequences, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia ....

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