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Rescue teams work at the scene after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed near the Imam Khomeini airport in Tehran early on January 8, 2020, killing everyone on board. (AFP)

Amid Iran missile strikes, Ukraine plane crashes outside Tehran,...

Initial statements by Iranian authorities cited technical failure, but Boeing 737-800 had been inspected just three days...

8 Jan 2020 6:34 PM IST

This photo taken on Saturday, May 26, 2018, shows the actual Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 UR-PSR plane that crashed on the outskirts of Tehran on Wednesday Jan. 8, 2020. (AP)

Ukraine airline crash: Plane passed fit three days before crash

The Boeing 737-800 was just three years old and had its maintenance on Jan. 6

8 Jan 2020 5:59 PM IST

$This still image from an Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting video shot on January 8, 2020, allegedly shows rockets launched from Iran against the US military base in Ein-al Asad in Iraq. Iran fired \more than a dozen\ ballistic missiles on January 7, 2020, against two airbases in Iraq where US and coalition forces are based, the Pentagon said. (AFP)$ World

80 -'American terrorists-' killed in missile strikes: Iran media

State TV said Iran had 100 other targets in the region in its sights if Washington took any retaliatory measures.

8 Jan 2020 12:09 PM IST

A 50-seater plane of the Star Air will operate between Hindon and Hubli airports for three days in a week, the PRO said. (Photo: Representational)

No survivors as Ukrainian plane with 170 passengers crashes in Iran:...

The crash is suspected to have been caused by mechanical issues.

8 Jan 2020 10:38 AM IST

Ukraine International Airlines (File photo).

Iran state TV says Ukrainian airplane crashes near Tehran

Plane with 180 passengers had taken off from Imam Khomeini International Airport

8 Jan 2020 9:54 AM IST

File photo of Ain al-Asad air base in Iraq which was targeted by Iran in response to the US assassination of its top general Qassem Soleimani. (AP)

Iran: -'We took and concluded proportionate-' action

Foreign Minister Zarif says â€˜we do not seek escalation or warâ€™

8 Jan 2020 9:13 AM IST

The attack came in three waves just after midnight, the sources said. (Photo: AFP)

Iran launches missiles on Iraq base housing US troops

It said the missiles were in response to a US strike last week that killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani.

8 Jan 2020 9:04 AM IST

$This still image from an Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting video shot on January 8, 2020, allegedly shows rockets launched from Iran against the US military base in Ein-al Asad in Iraq. Iran fired \more than a dozen\ ballistic missiles on January 7, 2020, against two airbases in Iraq where US and coalition forces are based, the Pentagon said. (AFP)$ World

Iran strikes back at US with missile attack on bases in Iraq

Series of ballistic missiles fired at two Iraqi bases housing US troops

8 Jan 2020 8:56 AM IST

US aviation authority has banned the countrys civilian airlines from flying over the Middle East. (AP)

FAA bans US civil flights over Gulf, Iraq, Iran

Federal Aviation Administration closely monitoring events in the Middle East

8 Jan 2020 8:02 AM IST

In this Jan. 1, 2020 photo, U.S. Army soldiers from the 82nd Airborne board a C-17 aircraft at Fort Bragg to be deployed to the Middle East. (AP)

US prepares for Iranian -'tit-for-tat-' strike

US intelligence notes signs of heightened military readiness by Iran, and a possible hit on the life of an American...

7 Jan 2020 5:34 PM IST

A procession in Tehran on Monday drew over 1 million people in the Iranian capital, crowding both main thoroughfares and side streets in Tehran. (Photo: AP)

35 killed, 48 injured in Iran as stampede erupts at Soleimani-'s...

The TV says the stampede erupted in Kerman, the hometown of Gen. Qassem Soleimani where the procession was underway on...

7 Jan 2020 3:28 PM IST

Members of the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force step on a makeshift US flag with a caricature of President Donald Trump during the funeral procession of Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis (poster left) and Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani (poster right) in Baghdad. (Photo: AFP)

-'State sponsor of terrorism-': Iran to US after killing of Soleimani

All US forces and employees of the Pentagon, agents and commanders who ordered the -'martyrdom-' of Soleimani were...

7 Jan 2020 3:03 PM IST