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Authorities recover black boxes of crashed plane near Tehran airport
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 8 (ANI): Iranian authorities said on Wednesday that they recovered the flight recorders of Ukraine's Boeing 737 aircraft that crashed near Tehran international airport earlier in the day, according to the state media.
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Pilot mistake unlikely in Ukraine International Airlines plane crash in Ir
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 8 (Sputnik/ANI): A pilot error is unlikely to have caused the crash of Ukraine's Boeing 737 near Tehran, the vice president of operations at the Ukraine International Airlines said on Wednesday.
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Missile attacks 'a slap on the face' of US, says Iran's Supreme Leader
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 8 (ANI): The strikes against US bases in Iraq were "successful" and a "slap on the face" of the United States, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday.
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147 Iranians, 32 foreigners lose lives in Ukrainian plane crash
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 8 (ANI): Of the 176 people onboard the Ukraine International Airlines flight, as many as 147 passengers were Iranians and 32 passengers were foreigners, said Iran Civil Aviation Organization on Wednesday.
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'Urge Iran not to repeat these reckless attacks': UK condemns strikes on U
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], Jan 8 (ANI): The United Kingdom (UK) on Wednesday condemned Iran's missile attacks on two US-led coalition military bases in Iraq and called on Tehran to not repeat such "reckless and dangerous" attacks and ensure there is de-escalation of tensions in the region soon.
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Oil, gold prices surge after Iran targets US troops in Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Jan 8 (ANI): Global oil and gold prices climbed sharply on Wednesday after the Pentagon said that Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against bases in Iraq that house US troops, amplifying concerns about a spiralling retaliatory conflict between the United States
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Pompeo briefs Kurdish leader about Iran's missile attacks on US bases in I
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 8 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Tuesday (local time) held a telephonic conversation with Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Masrour Barzani over the missile attacks by Iran targetting two US bases in Iraq and both agreed to stay in 'close t
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All Singapore Airlines flights to avoid Iranian airspace amid tensions in
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Singapore, Jan 8 (ANI): All Singapore Airlines flights flying to and from Europe will not be flying over the Iranian airspace as tensions soared in the Middle East following Iran's missile attacks on two US military bases in Iraq.
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Equities slump after Iran strike on US troops spooks Asian markets
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): Equity indices extended losses on Wednesday afternoon after Iran fired missiles at US forces in Iraq overnight, pushing oil prices higher as investors feared a wider conflict in the Middle East.
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All 176 on-board killed after Ukraine International Airlines jet crashes n
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 8 (ANI): All least 167 passengers and nine crew members were killed when a Ukraine International Airlines flight crashed minutes after take-off from Tehran airport on Wednesday, according to Iran's state media.
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Iran says 80 'American terrorists' killed in missile strikes on US targets
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 8 (ANI): Iranian state television on Wednesday claimed that at least 80 "American terrorists" were killed after Tehran launched 15 missiles on US targets in Iraq.
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Most of the 170 passengers onboard Ukraine International Airlines flight d
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 8 (ANI): Most of the passengers on board the Ukraine International Airlines flight have died, said Pirhossein Koulivand, head of Iran's Emergency Medical Services, on Wednesday.
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