Unnikrishnan Nair

Iran said the the Ukrainian plane was shot down "unintentionally" by its military, which was on a high state of alert amid heightened tensions with the United States.

Independent Senator Bernie Sanders has taken a narrow in Iowa over other polling leaders from the Democratic slate, according to the Des Moines Register/CNN poll, but the race remains wide open.

Muilenburg is not entitled to — and did not receive — any severance or separation payments in connection with his retirement, Boeing said in a filing on Friday. 

The U.S. unsuccessfully targeted Abdul Reza Shahlai, a key commander an financier of the Quds Force, in Yemen, on the night of Jan. 2, a report said.

The U.S. presidential elections will be held mid-November, which would mean the second part of the deal could come only by the end of the year -- at the earliest.

The resolution, seen as a symbolic measure, was passed largely on party lines, 224 – 194, with three Republicans voting “yes.”

Boeing said Monday it will reassign employees from its 737 Max line to other projects, and its major supplier Spirit Aerosystems said it is considering layoffs and other measures to cut costs.

GOP Senator Josh Hawley from Missouri, a constitutional lawyer, is drawing on the principle in civil law to get the articles of impeachment passed by the House of Representatives dismissed.

U.S. Marines stationed in the embassy compound in Baghdad fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who lit a fire on the roof of the reception area Wednesday, injuring about 20 people.

The wreckage of the Eurocopter AS 350 B2 was found in a mountainous area on the east side of the Kauai island and a search is on for possible survivors.

The Politico/Morning Consult poll was conducted Dec.19-20, soon after Congress passed two articles of impeachment.

With only hours left for the Senate to wind up for 2019, it seems a deal will have to wait until after holidays.

President Trump needs to sign the bills before end of the day Friday to keep federal departments running. The White House has indicated he will sign before the deadline.

"It doesn't really feel like we are being impeached," President Donald Trump said at a rally in Michigan, while Speaker Nancy Pelosi called it a a sad day for America.

The impeachment process moves to the Senate after Thursday's vote, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she is not sending the articles over yet. 

The FAA's actions were seen as an instance of "regulatory capture" by Boeing, and the EASA now says it will not delegate to U.S. regulator the 737 MAX approval process.

President Trump welcomed the Chinese offer, which came after Asian markets cracked Monday and its currency plummeted to an 11-year low.

CEO Rupert Hogg will be replaced by Augustus Tang from Monday, and Executive Director Paul Loo will be replaced by Ronald Lam, the airline said.

Epstein hanged himself and was discovered at 7.30 a.m. Eastern Time Saturday at the prison facility in New York where he was being held without bail after his arrest on July 6.

The 21-year old gunman, a white male from Dallas, is believed to have posted a manifesto on an online message board.

Indian media reports said the country is expected to join China and Russia in "voicing reservations" about U.S. trade protectionism at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit.

The shooter, an employee of the public utilities department, opened fire shortly after 4 p.m. on multiple floors of the building.

Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party improved on their last year's score in the 542-member lower house of the Indian Parliament, the Lok Sabha.

Exit polls say that Modi, who heads a government controlled by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, will be re-elected to power.

Drones carrying explosives hit two pumping stations servicing the pipeline that brings oil to the Red Sea port of Yanbu.

Comments made by Wei Jianguo, a former vice-minister at the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, show Beijing may already be meddling with Trump's 2020 race.

China struck back against President Donald Trump's tariffs on Chinese exports with its own tariffs but an analyst called it a "gentle response."

Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), a Palestinian-American, has come under fire earlier too from Republicans and Jewish groups for her comments on the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

A 60-year-old woman was killed and several others including the rabbi were injured when a gunman opened fire on the Congregation Chabad in Poway on Saturday, the last day of Passover.