Section: Africa&ME
US lawmakers reach deal on massive defence bill, eye Russia, Turkey, China
US lawmakers announced an agreement on Monday on a $738-billion bill setting policy for the Department of Defence, including new measures for competing with Russia and China, family leave for federal workers and the creation of President Donald Trump’s long-desired Space Force. It also calls for sanctions on Turkey over its purchase of a...
Russia, Ukraine leaders agree to exchange prisoners in first talks
The leaders of Russia and Ukraine agreed on Tuesday to exchange all remaining prisoners from the conflict in east Ukraine by the end of the year, but left thorny questions about the region’s status for future talks. …read more Source:: Iran...
Trump Calls Impeachment Accusation ‘Ridiculous’
US President Donald Trump gestures during a working lunch at the NATO summit at the Grove hotel in Watford, northeast of London on December 4, 2019. Nicholas Kamm / AFP President Donald Trump responded to the announcement of impeachment charges Tuesday by calling the accusations “ridiculous.” Trump — who will be only the third US president to be...
Democrats Unveil Impeachment Charges Against Trump
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi next to House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, Democrat of New York, announces articles of impeachment for US President Donald Trump during a press conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, December 10, 2019. SAUL LOEB / AFP Democrats unveiled two articles of impeachment Tuesday against US President Donald Trump...
Russia-Ukraine peace talks renewed at Paris summit
French President Emmanuel Macron hosted his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris on Monday for talks on the conflict in eastern Ukraine that yielded some progress but no major breakthroughs. Macron hailed progress after some eight hours of talks at the Elysée Palace on ending the five-year conflict be...
Obstruction, Abuse of Power Charges Unveiled in Trump Impeachment
Democrats unveiled two impeachment charges against US President Donald Trump Tuesday, accusing him of abuse of power and obstruction in pressuring Ukraine to help him attack his 2020 election rivals. The charges, if approved by the House of Representatives in a vote expected next week, would make Trump only the third US president to be impeached...
UN resolution condemns Russia’s occupation of Crimea
General Assembly urges withdrawal of Russian military forces from occupied Ukrainian peninsula ‘without delay’. …read more Source:: AL...
Normandy Four Declares Progress in Ukrainian Settlement
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The leaders of the Normandy Four countries – Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine – declared progress Monday following a meeting in Paris. …read more Source:: Tasnim News...
Two Articles Of Impeachment Expected Against Trump On Tuesday
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence listens to U.S President Donald Trump (R) speak about a report released by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz on how the Justice Department and FBI launched their investigation into the 2016 campaign, During a roundtable meeting on empowering families with education choice, in the Cabinet Room on...
Russia and Ukraine agree to prisoner exchange after Putin, Zelensky meet
Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in their first face-to-face meeting, took part in nine hours of talks in Paris.; …read more Source:: The Jerusalem...
