Iran denies missile downed Ukrainian plane

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko says experts will start analysing the airliner’s black box contents. (AP pic) TEHRAN: Iran’s civil aviation chief denied Friday that a missile downed a Ukrainian airliner which crashed killing all 176 people on board, rejecting Western claims of a catastrophic mistake by Tehran’s air defences. The cause of the crash is […]

At least 10 dead in Pakistan mosque bombing

Pakistani security officials examine the site of bomb explosion in a mosque in Quetta. (AP pic) QUETTA: At least 10 people were killed and 16 others wounded in a bomb blast during evening prayers at a mosque in southwestern Pakistan on Friday, police and a doctor said. Police chief of Balochistan province Mohsin Hassan Butt told […]