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Most of passengers of ill-fated Ukrainian Boeing 737 Iranians

Date: 2020-01-08 09:24:51 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:8260385

TEHRAN, Jan 8 (MENA) - Most of the passengers of an ill-fated Ukrainian Boeing 737 that crashed within minutes after take-off from Iran's Imam Khomeini Airport, in Tehran, are Iranians, Iran Civil Aviation Organization (CAO.IRI) said on ....

Japan PM cancels weekend visit to ME after Iranian strikes

Date: 2020-01-08 07:50:10 GMT - Japan - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8260387

TOKYO, Jan 8 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will cancel plans to visit Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman this weekend, Kyodo News Agency reported on Wednesday. Abe convened a National Security Council meeting, likely ....

No British troops injured during Iranian missile attack in Iraq

Date: 2020-01-08 06:48:38 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8260275

LONDON, Jan 8 (MENA) - British Ministry of Defense asserted on Wednesday that no British troops were injured during the Iranian rocket attack on military bases in Iraq housing US troops, Sky News reported. The attack comes days after the US ....

Trump: “All is well!” and "so far, so good,"

Date: 2020-01-08 05:10:49 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:8260193

WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said he would issue a statement on the missile attacks launched by Iran against US targets in Iraq Wednesday morning “All is well!” and "so far, so good," Trump tweeted after Iran launched ....

Ukrainian plane carrying 180 people crashes in Tehran

Date: 2020-01-08 04:59:12 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8260186

TEHRAN, Jan 8 (MENA) - A Ukrainian Boeing 737 plane with 180 passengers and crew on board has crashed near Tehran just three minutes after takeoff. Iranian media reports said the plane took off from Imam Khomeini International Airport when it ....

Mehr news agency: IRGC fired 30 missiles at Ain Al-Assad base

Date: 2020-01-08 03:58:48 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:8260167

TEHRAN, Jan 8 (MENA) - Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) fired 30 missiles at Ain Al-Assad base which hosts US troops in Iraq as part of retaliation for killing IRGC commander Qassem Soleimani in a US strike in Iraq on Friday, said Mehr ....

US bans flights over Iraq, Iran

Date: 2020-01-08 03:31:39 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:8260165

WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) - The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) banned all US airlines from flying over parts of the Middle East. US airlines are indefinitely banned from flying over Iran, Iraq, the Gulf region and the Gulf of Oman, US ....

Iran warns US against any response, saying Israel is part of US regime

Date: 2020-01-08 03:17:01 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:8260163

TEHRAN, Jan 8 (MENA) - Iran has warned the United States against any military response to Iranian missile attacks on US bases in Iraq, saying it would respond painfully and harshly to any US military attack on Iran. “We warn the Great Satan, the ....

Pentagon: Iraqi civilians wounded in Iranian missile attack

Date: 2020-01-08 02:32:27 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:8260156

WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) - The Pentagon said Wednesday the missile attacks launched by Iran on Ain Al Assad military base and another base in Erbil only wounded Iraqis. The US-funded Al Hurra news channel said Iran Revolutionary Guard threatened ....

Trump, Merkel discuss Iran, Iraq and Libya by Phone

Date: 2020-01-07 22:26:06 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:8260123

BERLIN, Jan 7 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday discussed "the tense situation regarding Iran and Iraq," a German government spokesman said, US News reported. "They also exchanged views on the ....