Section: Africa&ME
Democrats Set To Release Trump Impeachment Report
US President Donald Trump attends a roundtable discussion on the MS-13 gang in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC. MANDEL NGAN / AFP Democrats were set Tuesday to approve their report on the impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump, paving the way for formal charges against the US leader that could include abuse of...
Trump slams European allies before NATO anniversary meet
London – US President Donald Trump lashed out at European allies before a NATO anniversary summit in London on Tuesday, singling out France’s Emmanuel Macron for “very nasty” comments on the alliance and Germany for spending too little on defence. Underlining the breadth of strife in a transatlantic bloc hailed by its...
Trump Administration Quietly Releases Lebanon Military Aid
The Trump administration has quietly released more than $100 million in military assistance to Lebanon after months of unexplained delay that led some US lawmakers to compare it to the aid for Ukraine at the center of the Trump impeachment inquiry. The $105 million in Foreign Military Financing funds for the Lebanese Army was released and US...
US House panel impeachment report to be released to public on Tuesday
Washington – A U.S. House Intelligence Committee report laying out the Democratic case for President Donald Trump’s impeachment will be publicly released on Tuesday, the panel’s chairman said in a television interview. “We’re putting the finishing touches on the report, which will be released tomorrow,” Democrat Adam...
US releases military aid to Lebanon after unexplained delay
US releases military aid to Lebanon after unexplained delay Trump administration for weeks has refused to explain why $105m in US assistance to Lebanon was not being delivered MEE staff Mon, 12/02/2019 – 21:03 ‘Abandoning the LAF [Lebanese Armed Forces] is akin to giving up on Lebanon,’ US senator said earlier this week...
Dutch prosecutors say Russia let MH17 suspect return to Ukraine
Vladimir Tsemakh, suspect in the downing of the airliner, was among dozens of prisoners exchanged by Kiev and Moscow. …read more Source:: AL...
How Ukraine got caught up in Trump’s impeachment battle
Ukraine has unwittingly become embroiled in a political battle in Washington between U.S. President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats who could announce formal impeachment charges against him within weeks. Democrats launched an inquiry in September into allegations Trump abused his power to pressure Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to...
Trump furious over Democrats move to hold impeachment hearings while he’s at NATO
Washington – US President Donald Trump lashed out at Democrats for continuing with hearings in the impeachment inquiry while he heads to London to meet with leaders of NATO member states to mark the alliance’s 70th anniversary. “It’s an absolute disgrace what they are doing to our country,” Trump said as he prepared...
Two security officers killed in east Ukraine ahead of summit: army
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Russia allowed MH17 suspect to leave the country: prosecutors
The Hague, Netherlands – Dutch prosecutors have accused Russia of deliberately allowing a suspect in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 to leave the country in a breach of a European extradition treaty. Prosecutors announced Monday that Volodymyr Tsemakh is considered a suspect in the shooting down of the passenger plane and...
