Rescue team members check the debris from the Ukraine International Airlines plane that crashed after take-off from Iran’s Imam Khomeini airport KIEV, Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) Boeing 737-800 crashed in Iran on Wednesday, killing all 176 people on board, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy…
Pres Bolsonaro assures Brazil will maintain trade with Iran
BRASILIA, Jan 8 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro assured that his country will maintain commercial relations with Iran despite the increase in tensions between that nation and the United States. ‘We trade with Iran, and we will continue that trade,’ the president told the press at his official…
Indian Police Files Case Against Woman For Holding “Free Kashmir” Placard
MUMBAI, Jan 8 (NNN-PTI) – Indian Police filed a first information report (FIR) against a woman, for holding “Free Kashmir” placard, during a protest at Gateway of India, late Tuesday, in Mumbai. “We have filed a case against Mahek Mirza Prabhu, under Section 153b (Imputation, assertions prejudicial to national interest)…
Smoke From Australian Bushfires Reaches South America
MONTEVIDEO, Jan 8 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Smoke from Australia’s bushfires has reached Uruguay, darkening the sky of the South American country with a “grayish veil,” the Uruguayan Meteorological Institute (Inumet) said. “Since Monday afternoon, Jan 6, we can see a greyish veil over Uruguay’s skies and redder sunrises/sunsets,” the Inumet…
Tokyo Prosecutors Obtain Arrest Warrant For Ghosn’s Wife
TOKYO, Jan 8 (NNN-NHK) – Tokyo prosecutors obtained an arrest warrant for Carole Ghosn, wife of former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman, Carlos Ghosn, for making a false statement last Apr, at her husband’s trial for alleged aggravated breach of trust. Prosecutors suspected that during an examination of a witness last…
Ukrainian passenger plane crashes near Tehran
TEHRAN, Jan 8 (NNN-IRNA) — A passenger plane has crashed near the Imam Khomeini International Airport in southern Tehran, according to Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). The plane is reported to be a Boeing 737 which belongs to an Ukrainian airline. The Ukraine International Airlines flight was said to be…
Smoke from Australia bushfires reaches Brazil
Charred farmland in Cobargo, Australia SAO PAULO, Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Smoke from bushfires raging across Australia reached Brazil on Tuesday, an arm of the National Institute for Space Research said on Twitter. Referring to satellite images, the agency’s Department of Remote Sensing said the smoke had arrived in Brazil’s…
US aviation regulator bans airlines from flying over Gulf, Iraq, Iran after missile attack
US Federal Aviation Administration ban civilian flights over the airspace of Iraq and Iran, as well as over waters in the Gulf WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it would ban US carriers from operating in the airspace over Iraq, Iran, the Gulf of Oman and the…
Philippines Orders Mandatory Evacuation Of Filipinos In Iraq
MANILA, Jan 8 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines said today (Wednesday) that, it is imposing a mandatory evacuation of Filipinos in Iraq, amid increasing tensions in the Middle East. “As a result of the government’s coordination meetings on the situation in the Middle East, in the past few days, the alert…
US: Pres Trump backs off threat to bomb Iran’s cultural sites
Iran’s Bam and its Cultural Landscape represents an outstanding example of an ancient fortified settlement: UNESCO WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump backed away from his earlier insistence that he has the right to order the bombing of Iran’s cultural treasures during a war.Facing strong criticism that such…
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