Section: Lebanon
Pompeo loses his temper with journalist over Ukraine questions
…read more Source:: Al-Manar TV
US Senate Votes to Approve Trump Impeachment Trial Rules
The US Senate has approved a resolution outlining the ground rules for Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, which blocks Democrats’ attempts to subpoena more witnesses and documents. In a strict 53-47 party-line vote in the early hours of Wednesday, local time, the senators backed the trial plan offered earlier by Republican majority...
Iran confirms two Russian missiles fired at Ukraine airliner
Iran’s civil aviation authority confirmed two Russian anti-aircraft missiles were fired at a Ukrainian airliner that was brought down earlier this month, in a preliminary report posted on its website late Monday. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Impeachment prosecutors, defense lay out arguments
President Donald Trump’s defense team and the prosecutors of his impeachment are laying out their arguments over whether his conduct toward Ukraine warrants his removal from office. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Ukraine to press for plane crash black boxes as Iran minister visits
Ukraine will press Iran to hand over the black boxes from the crash of a Ukrainian passenger plane at a meeting with a visiting Iranian delegation on Monday, Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko told reporters. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Schiff accuses NSA, CIA of withholding documents on Ukraine
.The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is accusing U.S. intelligence agencies of withholding documents from Congress on Ukraine that could be significant to President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Zarif Urges against Politicization of Flight 752 Tragedy
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has urged against any attempt at politicizing the recent tragedy involving unintentional shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane outside Tehran. “Politicization of this tragedy must be rejected. Focus on victims’ families,” Zarif tweeted on Friday after meeting with Canadian FM...
Senate Republicans Mull Speeding up Trump’s Impeachment Trial
Senate Republicans have discussed increasing the pace of US President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial by using the trial rules to decrease the number of days each side has to make opening arguments. Republicans are planning to give both Trump’s legal team and House managers 24 hours to present their case, similar to the 1999 trial of...
6 F-35 Jets Were Reportedly on Iran’s Borders at Time of Plane Crash: Russia
Acting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says there is unverified information that at least six American F-35 jets were “in the Iranian border area” at the time when Iran accidentally downed Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 last week. “This information has yet to be verified, but I’d like to underline the edginess that...
Pompeo says will probe possible surveillance of Ukraine envoy
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo promised Friday to investigate whether the ousted ambassador to Ukraine was being spied on by President Donald Trump’s supporters but said he was unaware if so. …read more Source:: The Daily...
