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KIEV/WASHINGTON/OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – A Ukrainian airliner fell to earth in a fireball shortly after take-off from Tehran yesterday, killing all 176 people on board in a crash that sparked an international scramble to establish the cause.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – A top Indian actress who joined students protesting against the government drew calls on social media today  for a boycott of her upcoming film, as well as praise for being a rare Bollywood A-lister to stand up against a crackdown on dissent.

BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON/DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Iranian forces fired missiles at military bases housing U.S.

DUBAI/KIEV,  (Reuters) – A Ukrainian airliner crashed shortly after take-off from Tehran early today, bursting into flames and killing all 176 people on board.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australian authorities warned people today to prepare for another wave of evacuations as temperatures in the country’s southeast began to rise after a days-long cool spell, bringing the danger of revitalised blazes.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – A Boeing 737 belonging to Ukraine International Airlines has crashed due to technical problems after take-off from Iran’s Imam Khomeini airport with 180 passengers and crew aboard, the semi-official Fars news agency tweeted today.

BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Iran launched a missile attack on U.S.-led forces in Iraq in the early hours of Wednesday, hours after the funeral of an Iranian commander whose killing in a U.S.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, (Reuters) – Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vazquez declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard today after a series of earthquakes including one of magnitude 6.4 that was the most powerful to strike the Caribbean island in 102 years.

DUBAI/BAGHDAD,  (Reuters) – Dozens of people were killed in a stampede as crowds of mourners packed streets for the funeral of a slain military Iranian commander in his hometown of Kerman today, forcing his burial to be postponed, state-affiliated media reported.

 (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake followed by strong aftershocks stuck Puerto Rico early today, killing at least one person, knocking out power and causing significant damage, authorities and media reported.

BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States has no plans to pull its troops out of Iraq, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said yesterday, following reports by Reuters and other media of an American military letter informing Iraqi officials about repositioning troops in preparation for leaving the country.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton said yesterday he is willing to testify in the expected Senate impeachment trial of the president, a surprise development that could potentially strengthen the case that Trump should be removed from office.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Russian state lender VTB has filed a lawsuit in Britain’s High Court against a Mozambican government company it lent hefty sums to as part of a project now at the centre of a $2 billion debt scandal, according to an online court filing.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haiti’s calamitous earthquake a decade ago leveled much of the capital, killed tens of thousands and left some 1.5 million people homeless.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Once powerful Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was charged in Los Angeles yesterday on sex crime charges just hours after he appeared in a New York court for the start of his rape trial, which has become a focal point for the #MeToo movement.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wept while leading mourners in prayer for the funeral today of slain military commander Qassem Soleimani, whose death in a U.S.

BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Iraq’s parliament called yesterday for U.S. and other foreign troops to leave as a backlash grows against the U.S.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – Kane Tanaka has extended her record as the world’s oldest person by celebrating her 117th birthday at a nursing home in Fukuoka in southern Japan.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s socialist government installed a new head of Congress yesterday after armed troops blocked opposition legislators from entering parliament, in a move condemned by dozens of nations as an assault on democracy.

LISBON,  (Reuters) – The presidents of Angola and Congo said yesterday Isabel dos Santos, the billionaire daughter of Angola’s previous leader, and her Congolese husband Sindika Dokolo should cooperate with the justice system after their assets were frozen.