Iran to analyze black box after missile blamed for crash
Tehran said on Friday it wanted to download black box recordings itself from a Ukrainian airliner crash that killed all 176 people aboard, after Canada and others said the plane was brought down by an Iranian missile, probably by mistake.
Autostrade and Italian motorway lobby say highway tunnels are safe
The main Italian motorway lobby group AISCAT and Atlantia’s toll road unit, Autostrade per l’Italia, said on Friday that highway tunnels in the country were safe, denying media reports that 200 passages were at risk.
U.S. limits public charter flights to Cuba: statement
The United States is limiting the number of public charter flights to Cuba, allowing only a certain number of such aircraft through to Havana’s Jose Marti International Airport, in an effort to curb Cuban government’s income, the U.S. State Department …
Pompeo discussed expanded NATO force in Iraq with Canadian formin: statement
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed the possibility of an expanded NATO presence in Iraq in a call with his Canadian counterpart, Foreign Minister François‑Philippe Champagne, the State Department said on Friday.
Russian navy ship ‘aggressively approached’ U.S. destroyer in Arabian Sea: U.S. Navy
A Russian navy ship “aggressively approached” a U.S. Navy destroyer in the North Arabian Sea on Thursday, the U.S. Navy’s Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet said in a statement on Friday.
Sweden halts Iran Air flights between Stockholm and Tehran
Sweden’s Transport Agency said on Friday it had temporarily halted Iran Air flights between Sweden and Iran after the crash of a Ukrainian airliner near Tehran on Wednesday which killed all 176 people on board.
Iranians turn to social media to grieve and rage over doomed plane
The last tweet sent by a user named Sorush before taking off from Iran on a doomed Ukrainian airliner on his way back to university in Canada suggested he knew he was flying into danger.
Treasury will grant waivers to allow U.S. participation in Iran crash probe
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday the department will grant sanction waivers to allow Americans or any one else to participate in the investigation of Wednesday’s crash of an Ukrainian International Boeing 737-800 airliner in Iran t…
U.S. imposes more sanctions on Iran for missile attacks
The United States imposed more sanctions on Iran on Friday in retaliation for its missile attack on U.S. forces in Iraq this week and vowed to further tighten the screws on the Iranian economy if Tehran continued to engage in what it described as terro…
Boy opens fire in school in northern Mexico, at least two dead
A boy entered a school in the northern Mexican city of Torreon, shot dead a teacher and wounded at least six others before killing himself, local officials said on Friday.
