OTTAWA -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced that his government will provide financial aid for families of Canadian victims in the Ukrainian plane crash in Iran over a week ago, which killed all 176 people on board.

Trudeau said the government will provide about 19,140 U.S. dollars per victim "to assist with their immediate needs, such as funeral arrangements and travel." (Canada-Iran-Ukrainian Air Crash)

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PARIS -- France will deploy Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to back military operations against the Islamic State (IS), Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly announced on Friday.

Parly told local broadcaster Europe 1 that the warship deployment "had been already planned" to pursue the combat against IS insurgents in Middle East, amid growing tensions in the region. (France-Warship-IS)

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ZAGREB -- Croatia and Austria will continue the efforts to open accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia at the level of European Council in March, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and Austrian Federal Minister for European Affairs Karoline Edtstadler announced here Friday. (Croatia-Austria-EU Accession Talks)

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SANTIAGO -- At least two people died on Friday in a plane crash in the northern part of the Santiago Metropolitan Region, the Chilean Air Force reported. (Chile-Plane Crash-Casualties) Enditem

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