Section: Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
US Senate approves Trump impeachment trial plan, rejects Democrats on documents, witnesses
The Republican-controlled US Senate voted early on Wednesday on party lines to approve the rules for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, rejecting Democratic efforts to obtain evidence and ensure witnesses are heard. As the third presidential impeachment trial in US history began in earnest, Trump’s chief legal defender argued...
Trump trial starts with clash on rules, evidence
US President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial began in earnest in the Senate yesterday, with his chief legal defender attacking the case as baseless and a top Democratic lawmaker describing overwhelming evidence of wrongdoing.Democrats have called on the Republican-controlled Senate to remove Trump from office for pressuring Ukraine to...
Spotlight on White House lawyer in Trump trial
When White House counsel Pat Cipollone argues President Donald Trump’s case in a Senate trial this week, he will also be defending his role in a controversial legal strategy that helped lead to Trump’s impeachment on a charge of obstructing Congress.Democratic lawmakers in the House of Representatives said yesterday that evidence...
Forward Hernandez joins LA Galaxy from Sevilla
Mexico striker Javier Hernandez has joined Major League Soccer team LA Galaxy from Sevilla, the La Liga club announced yesterday. Hernandez, who has also played for Manchester United and Real Madrid, has left after only five months with Sevilla, who signed him from West Ham last summer.The 31-year-old had become a fringe player under coach Julen...
Iran confirms two missiles fired at Ukraine airliner
Iran has confirmed two missiles were fired at a Ukrainian airliner brought down this month, in a catastrophic error that killed all 176 people on board and sparked angry protests. The country’s civil aviation authority said it has yet to receive a positive response after requesting technical assistance from France and the United States to...
Historic Trump impeachment trial to begin Tuesday
President Donald Trump’s historic impeachment trial begins in earnest Tuesday in the Senate, with Democrats calling for his removal from office and Republicans determined to acquit him — and quickly, if possible. Four months after the Ukraine scandal exploded and went on to overshadow the end of Trump’s term, and 10 months...
EXPLAINER: Why is President Donald Trump on trial in the US Senate?
The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump begins in earnest in the US Senate on Tuesday, after he was formally charged by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives on Dec. 18 with “high crimes and misdemeanors.” The Republican president, who is expected to be acquitted by the Republican-controlled Senate, says he is...
Iran aims to examine downed plane’s black boxes, no plan yet to send them abroad
* Canada, others want black boxes examined abroad * Ottawa says France has expertise to decode data * Iranian official earlier said recorders headed to Kiev * Disaster adds to pressure amid standoff with US Iran said on Sunday it was trying to analyse the black boxes of a Ukrainian airliner that its military shot down this month, denying a report...
Bodies of Ukrainian victims of Iran plane crash returned home
The bodies of the 11 Ukrainian citizens who died when a passenger plane was accidentally shot down by Iran this month were brought back to Ukraine on Sunday in a solemn ceremony at Kiev airport. All 176 on board the Ukraine International Airlines flight from Tehran to Kiev were killed when the Boeing 737-800 was shot down on Jan. 8, at a time...
Iran to send black boxes of downed Ukrainian plane to Ukraine
* Plane downed when Iran on alert for US attack * Official says recorders could go to France if needed Iran said on Saturday it was sending to Ukraine the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane that the Iranian military shot down this month, an accident that sparked unrest at home and added to pressure on Tehran from abroad. Iran’s...
