Section: Africa&ME
Pence adviser testifies on Trump’s Ukraine call
US congressional committees conducting an impeachment probe of President Donald Trump met for the first time yesterday with an adviser to Vice-President Mike Pence, but former national security adviser John Bolton failed to heed a request to appear.Jennifer Williams, a career foreign service officer and special adviser to Pence for Europe and...
Macron: Nato is experiencing ‘brain death’
French President Emmanuel Macron has said that he believed the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) is undergoing “brain death”, lamenting a lack of co-ordination between Europe and the United States and unilateral action in Syria by key member Turkey, in an interview published yesterday.“What we are currently experiencing is the brain death...
NATO is “brain dead”, France’s Macron says
France’s president warned fellow European countries on Thursday that NATO is dying because of American unpredictability under President Donald Trump, a view quickly rejected by Germany, Reuters reports. In an interview with British weekly The Economist, Emmanuel Macron expressed doubt about US-led NATO’s security maxim that an attack...
UN Assembly Condemns US Embargo On Cuba
The UN General Assembly condemned the nearly 60-year-old US embargo on Cuba Thursday for the 28th year in a row, calling for an end to it by a vote of 187 to three. Only Israel and Brazil voted with the US against the resolution. Two other US allies — Ukraine and Colombia — abstained. First imposed on October 19, 1960, in response to...
Bolton: I’ll testify in impeachment probe – if court orders me
Former National Security Adviser reportedly sets conditions for testimony about concerns over Trump’s contacts with Ukraine. …read more Source:: Arutz...
US Diplomat Had ‘Clear Understanding’ of Ukraine Quid Pro Quo
TEHRAN (FNA)- House Democrats in the United States released the transcript of a closed-door interview of a key State Department witness who recounted to Congress his “clear understanding” that military aid was withheld from Ukraine in exchange for a pledge by the country to investigate Democrats for President Donald Trump. …read...
US diplomat had ‘clear understanding’ of Ukraine quid pro quo
William Taylor, top diplomat in Ukraine, told House panel he had ‘clear understanding’ aid was linked to investigations. …read more Source:: AL...
Trump’s Impeachment Probe To Go Public Next Week
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 25, 2019, US President Donald Trump speaks to the press before departing the White House in Washington, DC. US President Donald Trump on November 6, 2019, said he had hosted successful talks in the White House with representatives of Egypt, NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP The first open impeachment hearings into US...
Trump impeachment probe to enter high-stakes phase with public hearings next week
WASHINGTON – Impeachment proceedings against U.S. President Donald Trump for pressuring Ukraine to investigate a political rival will reach a critical stage next week when a Democratic-led congressional committee holds its first public hearings on the issue. In a move that raises the stakes ahead of a presidential election year, Democrats...
U.S. lawmakers release impeachment testimony of top Ukraine diplomat
The U.S. House committees leading the impeachment probe of Republican President Donald Trump released a transcript Wednesday of the deposition of Ambassador William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine. …read more Source:: The Daily...
