Ukrainian airline involved in Iran crash says plane was one of its best
Ukraine International Airlines said on Wednesday that a Boeing 737-800 involved in a fatal crash in Iran was one of the best planes in its fleet and that its pilots were very experienced.
Ukraine foreign minister says 82 Iranians on board crashed plane, 63 Canadians
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said on Wednesday there were 82 Iranians and 63 Canadians on board the Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran.
Iran-allied Iraqi political bloc says Tehran had a right to respond: Iraqi state news agency
An Iraqi political alliance backed by Iran said on Wednesday that Washington’s killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis gave Tehran the right to respond, the Iraqi state news agency said.
‘Flawed, biased’: Ghosn lawyers blast Nissan before news conference
Fugitive ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn’s lawyers opened fire on the car maker on Wednesday, hours before he was scheduled to hold a highly anticipated news conference, accusing it of using a “flawed, biased” internal probe to engineer his arrest.
Philippines braces for broader Mideast conflict, orders more evacuations
The Philippines is bracing for a broader conflict in the Middle East, ordering the evacuation of tens of thousands more of its citizens from the region after Iran fired rockets at U.S.-led forces in Iraq.
France has no plan to withdraw soldiers from Iraq: government source
France is not planning to withdraw its 160 soldiers deployed in Iraq following Iranian missile strikes targeting U.S.-led forces, a French government source told Reuters on Wednesday.
Keeping Lebanon without government ‘increasingly irresponsible’: U.N.
Keeping Lebanon without a government is “increasingly irresponsible” given developments in the region and the country, the United Nations’ senior official in Lebanon said on Wednesday.
Outgunned, Iran invests in means to indirectly confront superpower enemy
Iran’s launching of more than a dozen missiles at American-led forces in Iraq on Wednesday came after years of preparing for a confrontation with its superpower foe, whose forces are vastly larger and more advanced.
Iran responding to U.S. by cutting off America’s ‘leg’ in region: report
Iran’s president told the United States on Wednesday that Washington might have “cut off the arm” of General Qassem Soleimani but America’s “leg” in the region would be cut off in response, Iran’s Fars news agency reported.
Iran missiles target U.S. forces in Iraq; Trump says ‘All well’
Iran launched missiles at U.S.-led forces in Iraq early on Wednesday, retaliating for the U.S. drone strike on an Iranian commander whose killing last week stoked fears of a new Middle East war.
