Jan 10 Plane crash may be grim echo of U.S. downing of Iran flight in 1988 By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The July 3, 1988 downing of Iran Air flight 655 by the U.S. Navy remains one of the moments the Iranian government points to in its decades-long distrust of America. Continue reading
Jan 10 Taiwan president urges voters to turn out to the polls in Saturday's election By Taijing Wu, Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press Taiwan elections are lively events that generally revolve around economic, public welfare and social justice issues, though China's threat to annex the self-governing island by force always looms large in the background. Continue reading
Jan 10 Pompeo blames Iran for downing Ukrainian plane By Nasser Karimi, Joseph Krauss, Zeke Miller, Associated Press Secretary of State Mike Pompeo became the highest-level U.S. official to directly pin the blame on Iran, after Canadian, Australian and British leaders announced similar intelligence conclusions Thursday. “We do believe it is likely that that plane was shot down… Continue reading
Jan 10 Royal courtiers chart path for Prince Harry's independence By Danica Kirka, Jill Lawless, Associated Press The royal family is said to be “hurt'' by Harry and Meghan's statement Wednesday that they want to step down from being senior royals. But the queen, Charles and William have told their teams to work with government and the… Continue reading
Jan 10 WATCH: U.S. imposes new sanctions on Iran after missile strikes The Trump administration is announcing new sanctions on Iran following this week's missile strikes by the Islamic Republic on U.S. bases in Iraq. Continue reading
Jan 10 AP: Verified videos show plane in Iran struck before fiery crash By Tamer Fakahany, Associated Press Western leaders have said the plane seemed to have been unintentionally brought down by a surface-to-air missile near Tehran. Continue reading
Jan 10 Iran denies plane was shot down, says West should share evidence By Nasser Karimi, Joseph Krauss, Associated Press Western leaders said the plane appeared to have been unintentionally hit by a surface-to-air missile just hours after Iran launched around a dozen ballistic missiles at two U.S. bases in Iraq. Continue reading
Jan 10 More Australians evacuate as heat and winds increase fire threat By Nick Perry, Associated Press Firefighters were working into the night to keep the fires from reaching communities as fierce winds whipped the blazes in multiple directions. Continue reading
Jan 10 Iraqi prime minister tells U.S. to start working on troop withdrawal By Samya Kullab, Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press Adel Abdul-Mahdi made the request in a telephone call with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday night. Continue reading
Jan 09 Watch 8:18 U.S., other governments say it's likely Iran shot down Ukrainian passenger jet According to the U.S. government, evidence is mounting that an Iranian missile was responsible for the crash of a passenger plane near Tehran Wednesday. Iran denies the charge, but the U.S. says radar, satellite and photos indicate it is "highly… Continue watching