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Iran’s leaders are facing growing calls to dismiss senior officials after a Ukrainian passenger plane was shot down killing all 176 people on board. Thousands of protesters demanded accountability on Saturday after the military said it had mistakenly downed the jet, having earlier denied it. Riot police have been deployed …

Iran has admitted “unintentionally” shooting down a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 people on board. An investigation found that “missiles fired due to human error”, President Hassan Rouhani said. He described the crash as an “unforgivable mistake”. The military said the jet turned towards a sensitive site belonging to …

Remember the old lady who went viral after dancing to Fireboy’s song Vibration? Yes, that old lady has passed away. Reports suggest that the 92-year-old woman in the viral video could be heard saying she didn’t want to carry overload, which is the catchy phrase in the song while vibing …

US President Donald Trump’s decision to assassinate Gen Qasem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s Quds Force, has set off a chain of consequences. One of the first was on the unfinished war against jihadists. Almost immediately the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group suspended operations in Iraq. The US …

The body of child aged around 10 has been found in the undercarriage of plane that had arrived in Paris from Abidjan, sources close to the investigation have told French media. Air France confirmed that “the lifeless body of a stowaway” was discovered at Charles de Gaulle Airport early in …

Iran has carried out a ballistic missile attack on air bases housing US forces in Iraq, in retaliation for the US killing of General Qasem Soleimani. More than a dozen missiles launched from Iran struck two air bases in Irbil and Al Asad, west of Baghdad. It is unclear if …

What’s the travel document that opens more doors around the world than any other? It’s a Japanese passport. The Henley Passport Index, which periodically measures the world’s most travel-friendly passports, has released its first report of the new decade. Japan is now top of the leaderboard, offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival access …

The father of Reynhard Sinaga, the worst rapist in British legal history, has said his son’s punishment “fits his crimes” after he was jailed for life. Sinaga, a 36-year-old PhD student from Indonesia, was found guilty of 159 sexual offences against 48 men. He picked up his victims outside clubs …

President Donald Trump has said the US killing of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani saved a lot of lives, calling him a “monster”. Mr Trump said Soleimani “was planning a big attack” when he was killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad last Friday. But Mr Trump appeared to draw …

The United States has reportedly denied the Iranian Foreign Minister visa to attend a UN meeting on its shores. According to a report by AlJazeera, Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the United States had declined to issue him a visa to attend a UN Security Council meeting scheduled …