Section: Africa&ME
Russia says Israel used civilian plane as shield during Syria strikes
Russia says Israel used civilian plane as shield during Syria strikes A civilian jet carrying 172 passengers came under Syrian fire during Israeli raids on Thursday, says Russian army MEE and agencies Fri, 02/07/2020 – 09:55 Data from Flight Radar indicated that a Syrian Cham Wings plane diverted to a Russian-controlled airport near...
Unpaid bills, empty homes: Families of Iran crash victims put lives back together
Grief-stricken relatives of passengers killed aboard an airliner shot down by Iran over Tehran last month are grappling in Canada with the daily challenges of long-distance funeral arrangements, empty homes, cars left in driveways and unpaid bills, Reuters reports. Iran admitted it shot down the Ukrainian airliner by mistake on Jan. 8, killing...
Trump Celebrates Impeachment Victory Over ‘Vicious’ Democrats
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a copy of The Washington Post as he speaks in the East Room of the White House one day after the U.S. Senate acquitted on two articles of impeachment, on February 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP President Donald Trump celebrated his impeachment acquittal Thursday in a rambling, emotional...
News24.com | Brawl erupts in Ukraine parliament over controversial land reform
A brawl broke out in Ukraine’s parliament and hundreds of people protested outside the legislature on Thursday as passions heated up over a controversial land reform bill. …read more Source::...
Trump Slams Democrats and Romney: “Corrupt People”
President Donald Trump began his speech at the National Prayer Breakfast by taking veiled shots at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who was on the stage with him as he spoke, and Sen. Mitt Romney, the morning after the GOP-controlled Senate acquitted him. Romney was the only Republican to vote against his party and join Democrats in voting to convict...
Trump blasts ‘dishonest and corrupt’ Democrats after impeachment drama
President Donald Trump, facing a bruising re-election campaign and possible further investigations in Congress, on Thursday called the Democrats who pursued his impeachment ‘dishonest and corrupt’ and accused some of his political foes of invoking religious faith to justify wrongful acts. The Republican president’s comments at the...
Schiff: Bolton 'Refused' to Submit Affidavit on Trump's Involvement in Ukraine Controversy
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said former US national security adviser John Bolton “refused” to submit an affidavit on his take of President Trump’s “Ukraine misconduct” when asked by House Democrats. …read more Source:: Tasnim News...
Freed from impeachment drama, Donald Trump to press ahead with re-election campaign
Washington – President Donald Trump emerged confident and ready to press on with his re-election effort on Wednesday after the Democratic-led impeachment drive that he denounced as illegitimate crashed to a halt in the Republican-led Senate. Trump plans to speak about the issue at the White House on Thursday. A source close to the president...
US Senate Acquits Trump Of Impeachment Charges
US President Donald Trump drew on staunch Republican support Wednesday to defeat the gravest threat yet to his three-year-old presidency, winning an acquittal in the Senate on impeachment charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Only the third US leader ever placed on trial, Trump readily defeated the effort to expel him from office...
Trump nears likely acquittal as U.S. Senate to cast impeachment vote
Four months after Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives launched a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, the Senate is poised on Wednesday to acquit him on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. …read more Source:: Pulse...
