Section: Africa&ME
Two Missiles Were Fired At Ukraine Airliner, Says Iran
FILES) In this file photo taken on January 8, 2020 rescue teams are seen at the scene of a Ukrainian airliner that crashed shortly after take-off near Imam Khomeini airport in the Iranian capital Tehran. Akbar TAVAKOLI / IRNA / AFP Iran’s civil aviation authority confirmed two missiles were fired at a Ukrainian airliner that was brought...
Historic Trump impeachment trial to begin in earnest
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 before...
Baghdad to Send Missions to Russia, China, Ukraine to Buy Air Defense Systems
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iraq plans to send delegations to Russia, China, and Ukraine to discuss the purchase of modern air defense systems to protect its territory from any possible aggression, an Iraqi lawmaker said. …read more Source:: Tasnim News...
Trump impeachment: Lawyers demand acquittal in legal, political defence
Washington – US President Donald Trump on Monday rejected the Democratic-led House of Representatives’ impeachment charges and called for their immediate dismissal by the Republican-led Senate in a memo offering a legal and political case against his removal. The 116-page Trial Memorandum sought to undercut charges that the Republican...
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...
Key arguments in Donald Trump’s defence as impeachment trial to begin
Washington – The White House unveiled its detailed legal defense as the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate gears up to begin President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on Tuesday. Trump, who is only the fourth of 45 American presidents to face the possibility of being ousted by impeachment, submitted his most detailed arguments to date...
Donald Trump rejects impeachment charges, calling it an affront to Constitution
Washington – President Donald Trump on Monday rejected the Democratic-led House of Representatives’ impeachment charges, describing the allegations that he had abused his power and obstructed Congress as affronts to the U.S. Constitution that must be rejected. “The Senate should speedily reject these deficient articles of...
Iran, Ukraine talk on flight 752 tragedy
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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 …read more Source:: Al...
New Trump legal advisor distances himself from White House response to impeachment charges
Washington – Alan Dershowitz, the Harvard Law emeritus professor who recently joined President Donald Trump’s legal team, on Sunday distanced himself from a response by two White House lawyers to House Democrats’ impeachment case against the president, noting that he did not sign on to the document. “I didn’t sign...
