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Top Pentagon Official Resigns At Trump’s Request
A top Pentagon official resigned Wednesday at the request of Donald Trump after becoming indirectly tied to the Ukraine scandal that led to the US president’s impeachment. John Rood, the Pentagon’s top policy official, certified that Ukraine had made sufficient reforms to be eligible to receive $250 million in military aide. That...
Multiple Bomb Hoaxes Flood Moscow
People stand outside the Basmanny Court following an evacuation due to the warning of a planted bomb in Moscow on February 6, 2020. Yuri KADOBNOV / AFP Moscovites are mystified by a flood of bomb hoaxes forcing the evacuation of courts, schools and malls while authorities appear unable to find the culprits even after months of disruption to...
Iran Satellite Launch Fails, Dampening Space Ambitions
An image grab from footage obtained from the state-run Iran Press news agency on February 9, 2020 shows the impact of a launched newly-unveiled Raad-500 missile. IRAN PRESS / AFP Iran said it “successfully” launched a satellite Sunday but failed to put it into orbit, in a blow to its space programme that the US alleges is a cover for missile...
Impeachment Witness Reported Contents Of My ‘Perfect’ Calls Incorrectly – Trump
File: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media at the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly on September 24, 2019 in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP President Donald Trump on Saturday defended his decision to fire an army officer who gave damning evidence against him during the impeachment probe. Lieutenant Colonel Alexander...
Iran Must Become Strong To End ‘Enemy Threat’, Says Khamenei
A handout picture released by the official website of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him during a meeting in Tehran on September 17, 2019. AFP Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday that the Islamic republic must become strong enough to ward off the “enemy’s threats” and prevent a war....
Trump Tells Congress To ‘Expunge’ His Impeachment After Senate Acquittal
US President Donald Trump announces his Middle East peace plan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on January 28, 2020. Trump says his plan ‘could be the last opportunity’ for Palestinians.MANDEL NGAN / AFP President Donald Trump called Friday on Congress to “expunge” his impeachment for abuse of power following his...
Trump Celebrates Impeachment Victory Over ‘Vicious’ Democrats
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a copy of The Washington Post as he speaks in the East Room of the White House one day after the U.S. Senate acquitted on two articles of impeachment, on February 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP President Donald Trump celebrated his impeachment acquittal Thursday in a rambling, emotional...
US Senate Acquits Trump Of Impeachment Charges
US President Donald Trump drew on staunch Republican support Wednesday to defeat the gravest threat yet to his three-year-old presidency, winning an acquittal in the Senate on impeachment charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Only the third US leader ever placed on trial, Trump readily defeated the effort to expel him from office...
‘No One Above The Law,’ Democrats Say As Trump Trial Nears End
Democratic prosecutors, declaring that “no one is above the law,” made a last-ditch appeal to senators at US President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on Monday to vote to remove him from office for abuse of power. “Your duty demands that you convict President Trump,” Colorado lawmaker Jason Crow said as prosecutors began presenting their...
Ukraine Says Iran ‘Knew From Start’ Missile Downed Plane
A photo combination of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani. AFP Kiev on Monday accused Tehran of knowing from the start that an Iranian missile had downed a Ukrainian airliner last month after leaked recordings emerged from Iranian air traffic control. The recordings, aired on Ukraine’s 1+1 TV...
