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News24.com | New footage shows Iranian missiles hitting Ukraine plane
The blurry film, shot from a rooftop in a village four miles from an Iranian military site, shows the Kiev-bound plane on fire and circling back to Tehran’s airport. …read more Source::...
Donald Trump impeachment – what happens next?
The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on Wednesday to send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he would help acquit his fellow Republican at a trial. Here is what can be expected in the coming days and weeks: January 15 The House...
US House to vote on Wednesday on sending Trump impeachment charges
Washington – The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday to send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate, lawmakers said on Tuesday, bringing the start of Trump’s trial one step closer. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told a party meeting that she would also name the...
Iran announces arrests over downing of Ukrainian passenger plane
Tehran, Iran – Iran’s judiciary said Tuesday arrests have been made for the accidental shoot down of a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed all 176 people on board just after takeoff from Tehran last week. The announcement came amid an upswell of anger and protests by Iranians in recent days over the downing of the jetliner last...
Republicans dig in as Trump pushes for dismissal of impeachment charges
Washington – Top Senate Republicans on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s call for outright dismissal of the impeachment charges against him, but continued to grapple with the shape of the Senate trial that could begin as soon as this week. Most Senate Republicans are eager to stage a trial that ends with Trump’s acquittal...
News24.com | Ukraine plane crash: Iran makes first arrests over airliner downing
Iran on Tuesday announced its first arrests over the shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner in Tehran last week, after a third night of angry protests over the disaster. …read more Source::...
Nancy Pelosi poised to send Trump impeachment charges to US Senate for trial
Washington – The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives is expected to formally send impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate this week, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has vowed to help acquit his fellow Republican. Rather than immediately sending the two articles of impeachment passed by the House on...
Trump impeachment: Fight for Bolton testimony echoes Monica Lewinsky saga
Washington – John Bolton meet Monica Lewinsky. Twenty-one years ago former White House intern Lewinsky was at the center of a tug-of-war over whether she would testify in the U.S. Senate impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, a Democrat. Now it is Bolton, fired last September from his job as White House national security adviser, who...
Shutterbugs, have you entered the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest?
Cape Town – Submissions for the 2020 Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest will be accepted until February 29. Submissions opened for the annual contest on December 22, the birthday of Stenin, who was born in 1980. The event was established in 2014 by news agency Rossiya Segondnya in memory of the photojournalist, whose car was...
Iranians suffer as they protest against their regime, face crippling sanctions
After days of denial and obfuscation, Iran’s authorities admitted that an Iranian surface-to-airmissile brought down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 last week. The mistaken strike – carried out in the shadow of a retaliatory Iranian missile barrage on U.S. positions in Iraq – led to the death of all 176 passengers...
