Briefly

CANADA

Engine alert on Boeing 737-8 Max

An Air Canada Boeing 737-8 Max flying between Arizona and Montreal with three crew members on board suffered an engine issue that forced the crew to divert the aircraft to Tucson, Arizona, the Canadian airline said in a statement on Friday. Shortly after takeoff, the pilots received an "engine indication" and "decided to shut down one engine," an Air Canada spokesman said. The aircraft then diverted to Tucson, where it landed normally and remains, he added. The incident took place on Tuesday. The alert about the left engine concerned "low pressure" and the crew declared an emergency before diverting the flight, Belgian aviation news website Aviation 24 reported.

UNITED KINGDOM

Free-trade agreement with Turkey clinched

Britain and Turkey are set to sign a free-trade deal on Tuesday, the UK trade ministry said on Sunday, the first since Prime Minister Boris Johnson secured a trade agreement with the European Union. The two nations will sign a deal that replicates the existing trading terms between Ankara and London, but British Trade Minister Liz Truss said that she was hopeful a bespoke deal between the countries could be struck soon. The deal locks in tariff-free trading arrangements and "will help support trading relationship "between the two countries, said Truss in a statement.

IRAN

More names added to Soleimani suspects

Iran has expanded the list of US citizens suspected of involvement in the assassination of its senior commander Qassem Soleimani to include 48 names, said Hossein Amir Abdollahian, spokesman for the Popular Committee for the Celebration of the Anniversary of the Martyrdom of General Soleimani, the official news agency IRNA reported on Sunday. At a news briefing about judicial measures regarding the case, Abdollahian voiced hope to see a court ruling "in the near future". Six countries have been given warrants from Iran for the arrest of the culprits, the spokesman said.

Agencies - Xinhua