Section: Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
White House names Trump impeachment defence team
The White House has named a number of high-profile names to US President Donald Trump’s defence team, ahead of the start of the impeachment trial in the Senate next Tuesday. The team defending the Republican president will be led by White House counsel Pat Cipollone and Trump private attorney Jay Sekulow, the White House said. Trump adviser...
Khamenei expresses support for Guards
Iran’s supreme leader threw his support behind the elite Revolutionary Guards in a rare sermon yesterday after their belated admission that they had accidentally downed an airliner triggered days of protests on the streets.In his first Friday prayers sermon in eight years, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also told worshippers chanting “Death to...
What is Putin up to with surprise political shake-up?
With the shock replacement of his government and plans for a constitutional overhaul, President Vladimir Putin has set in motion sweeping changes to Russia’s political order. But what is the longtime Russian leader really up to? And — with Putin facing the end in 2024 of what is supposed to be his final term — what does it mean for his hold...
Senate to take charge of Trump impeachment process
The US Senate will take charge of the impeachment process on Thursday, setting the stage for the trial of President Donald Trump to get under way in earnest next week. The seven managers appointed by the House of Representatives – effectively the prosecutors – are scheduled to march over to the Senate and read out the two articles of...
Malaysia Airlines suspends Boeing 737 MAX deliveries due to jet’s grounding
* Cites jet’s delayed return to service after two fatal crashes* Had 25 on order, flagged potential delay last year* Five of the planes were due to arrive in 2020* Malaysian government seeking buyer for airline Malaysia Airlines said on Wednesday it had suspended deliveries of 25 Boeing Co 737 MAX jets, citing the plane’s delayed...
Trump trial likely to begin next Tuesday: Senate chief
The Senate impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump is likely to begin in seven days with key players sworn in later this week, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday. McConnell said he expected the House of Representatives to deliver the articles of impeachment against Trump to the upper chamber on Wednesday. “We believe that...
Iran says it has made arrests over plane disaster
Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested an undisclosed number of suspects accused of a role in shooting down a Ukrainian airliner. Iran acknowledged on Saturday it had shot the plane down during a state of high alert, hours after it had fired missiles at US targets in Iraq to retaliate for the killing of Iran’s most powerful military...
Senior Iranian investigator to visit Ukraine in coming days
A senior investigator from Iran is expected to visit Ukraine in coming days and will determine whether a Ukrainian laboratory is suitable to decode black boxes from a plane that crashed last week, a senior Ukraine security official said on Monday. Oleksiy Danylov, secretary of Ukraine’s national security and defence council, told Reuters in...
Iran says its military shot down Ukrainian plane in ‘disastrous mistake’
* Ukraine plane came down after taking off from Tehran * Iranian commander says knew missile strike on same day * Shooting down followed tit-for-tat US, Iranian strikes * Iranians on social media ask why plane was allowed to fly Iran said on Saturday its military had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian plane killing all 176 aboard, saying air...
Democrats to send impeachment articles to Senate next week
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday she intends to transmit articles of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate next week, moving to end a taut standoff with Republicans over terms of the president’s trial.The top Democrat’s announcement virtually assures that a historic trial of Trump on charges of abuse of power and...
