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Ukraine leader warns against 'speculation' after plane crash 08 Jan 2020 - 11:14 am
Rescueeams recover debris from a field after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed near Imam Khomeini airport in the Iranian capital Tehran early in the morning on January 8, 2020, killing everyone on board.  AFP
Somalia bomb attack wounds 11 08 Jan 2020 - 10:48 am
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Engine failure, not missile, caused crash of Ukrainian airliner in Iran: Ukrainian embassy 08 Jan 2020 - 10:38 am
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Ukrainian airplane crashes near Iran's capital, killing 176 08 Jan 2020 - 08:57 am
People stand near the wreckage after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed near Imam Khomeini airport in Tehran on January 8, 2020. AFP / ISNA / ISNA / ROHHOLLAH VADATI
Philippines orders evacuation of Filipinos from Iraq 08 Jan 2020 - 08:48 am
A protester shouts anti-US slogans next to Philippine policemen during a rally in front of the US embassy in Manila on January 6, 2020, demonstrating against the US strike that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in Iraq. A US drone strike killed top
Iranian state TV says 80 "American terrorists" killed in Iran missile strikes 08 Jan 2020 - 08:25 am
What is said to be missiles are seen in the night sky, after Iran fired missiles on at least two Iraqi air bases hosting U.S.-led coalition forces, in this still image taken from a video shot at an unknown location on January 8, 2020. Iran Press/Handout v
Iran retaliates with missile strike on US-Iraqi bases 08 Jan 2020 - 08:10 am
An explosion is seen following missiles landing at what is believed to be Ain al-Asad Air Base in Iraq, in this still image taken from a video shot on January 8, 2020. Iran Press/Handout via REUTERS
All 170 aboard crashed Ukrainian jet dead: Iran 08 Jan 2020 - 08:06 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 4, 2017 a Boeing 737-3E7 from Ukraine Int. Airlines lands at Israel's Ben Gurion International airport on the outskirts of Tel Aviv. AFP / JACK GUEZ
France has no plans to pull troops from Iraq: govt source 07 Jan 2020 - 07:26 pm
Iraqi Defence Minister Khalid al-Obaidi and his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian at the Iraqi defence ministry headquarters in Baghdad, April 11, 2016/. EPA / Iraqi Ministry Of Defence
Putin meets Assad in surprise Syria visit: presidency 07 Jan 2020 - 05:15 pm
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Zarif says informed by UN that US has denied him visa 07 Jan 2020 - 04:46 pm
FILE PHOTO: Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif looks on during a meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in Moscow, Russia December 30, 2019. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
Allow cross-border aid into Syria, U.N. pleads as millions "trapped" 07 Jan 2020 - 04:21 pm
FILE PHOTO: A view of tents at a camp for displaced Syrians at Khirbet al-Joz in the west of the northwestern Idlib province near the border with Turkey, where residents survive mostly on aid and barely have enough money to buy food and clothes to keep wa
Stampede during funeral for Iranian commander kills 35 - report 07 Jan 2020 - 12:36 pm
Iranian mourners gather during the final stage of funeral processions for slain top general Qasem Soleimani, in his hometown Kerman on January 7, 2020. AFP / ATTA KENARE
Omani minister in Iran says U.S. wants to reduce tensions - IRNA 07 Jan 2020 - 11:52 am
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Iranian leader's tears a sign of respect for slain general 06 Jan 2020 - 08:59 pm
An image grab from an Iran Press video shows Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) weeping as he recites a prayer in front of the coffin of slain Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani duing a funeral procession in the capital Tehran on Ja
In Iraq, Trump's sanctions threat brings bitter flashbacks 06 Jan 2020 - 07:21 pm
A keeper feeds a white lion at Al Zawra zoo in Baghdad, June 15, 2017. Reuters / Khalid al-Mousily
Uber ban in Istanbul triggered pirate cab boom, Hurriyet Reports 06 Jan 2020 - 12:23 pm
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'Million-strong' homage for general brings Tehran to standstill 06 Jan 2020 - 12:22 pm
People attend a funeral procession for Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in Tehran, Iran January 6, 2020. Official