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MH17 trial to start with four accused facing murder charges
Four men on trial over deaths of 298 people on board, in attack during Ukraine war that triggered international outrage. …read more Source:: AL...
Saudi Arabia’s Ambassadors to Ukraine, Uruguay sworn in
Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Ukraine and the Kingdom’s Ambassador to Uruguay were sworn in on Sunday before King Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. Muhammed bin …read more Source:: Al...
WZO demands action after 3 anti-Semitic incidents over weekend
Vice-Chairman of the WZO calls on gov’ts to “step up their fight against anti-Semitism” after incidents in Ukraine, Winnipeg and Cincinnati. …read more Source:: Arutz...
Dutch trial over downing of flight MH17 to start without suspects
Four fugitive suspects go on trial in the Netherlands Monday charged with the murder of 298 passengers and crew aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, shot down with a Russian-made missile over eastern Ukraine in July 2014. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Trump Appoints Mark Meadows as New White House Chief of Staff
US President Donald Trump has announced that Republican lawmaker Mark Meadows will become the new White House chief of staff. Meadows had announced in December that he would not seek re-election to Congress but said his work for the president and his administration was “only beginning”. He had also been extremely supportive of Trump since House...
Trump names Meadows as fourth chief of staff
US President Donald Trump announced Friday he had chosen staunch ally Mark Meadows to be his new chief of staff — the fourth person to hold the position since he took office. Meadows, a Republican congressman from North Carolina, will replace the ultra-conservative Mick Mulvaney, who had been serving as acting chief of staff since Trump...
Countries evacuating nationals from coronavirus-hit areas
A growing number of countries around the world have been evacuating or planning to evacuate diplomatic staff and citizens from areas hit by the new coronavirus. Following are some countries’ evacuation plans, and how they aim to manage the health risk from those who are returning: – Hong Kong arranged four flights to bring back 533 of...
President Trump’s great purge
After nearly four years of inveighing against the US intelligence officials and analysts who revealed Russia’s meddling in the 2016 US presidential election, Donald Trump is finally acting fully on his paranoia by carrying out a purge. The recent defenestration of top US national-security officials may come as a shock to Americans, but it...
Trump Says Biden Ukraine Dealings Will Be A 'Major' Campaign Issue
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – US President Trump signaled Wednesday that he would make the dealings of former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter in Ukraine a “major issue” during the presidential campaign should Biden win the Democratic nomination. …read more Source:: Tasnim News...
On Ukraine visit, Canada minister presses Iran for access to black boxes from plane crash
Canadian Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne on Wednesday urged Tehran to allow access to the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane that was accidentally shot down over Iran in January, Reuters reports. “We do expect from Iran to give access to the black box without any further delay,” Francois-Philippe Champagne said during a...
