Section: Africa&ME
Trump seeks to discredit entire impeachment
Donald Trump on Wednesday called for outing the whistleblower behind the impeachment inquiry threatening his presidency and sought to transform the entire scandal into a boost for his 2020 reelection campaign. Trump began his attempt to crush impeachment on Tuesday with a breathtaking show of defiance to Congress. In an eight-page letter signed...
Netherlands, Australia vow to pursue convictions for downing of MH17
Australia and the Netherlands said on Wednesday they will pursue criminal prosecutions for those responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 that killed 298 people even if it takes many years. The airliner was shot down on July 17, 2014, over territory held by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine as it was flying from...
House Lawyer Says Trump’s Impeachment Probe Could Go Beyond Ukraine
TEHRAN (FNA)- The top House lawyer told a judge on Tuesday that Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump may go beyond the American president’s dealings with Ukraine. …read more Source:: Fars News...
Pelosi: Trump Trying to ‘Cover up’ Ukraine Dealings
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has accused President Donald Trump of trying to “cover up” his dealings with Ukraine after the White House said it would not cooperate with an impeachment inquiry against the president. The House launched its formal impeachment inquiry into Trump late last month over a whistle-blower’s complaint alleging that...
White House says it won’t cooperate with Trump impeachment inquiry
Washington – The White House on Tuesday said it would not cooperate with the House’s impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, arguing that the probe “violates the Constitution, the rule of law, and every past precedent” in an escalating standoff with an unbowed Congress. In a scathing, eight-page letter, the White...
Pelosi: Trump trying to “cover up” Ukraine dealings
Speaker Nancy Pelosi fired back at President Trump on Tuesday, accusing him of trying to “cover up” his dealings with Ukraine. …read more Source::...
Newsdeck: Democrats alarmed about possible U.S withdrawal from Open Skies treaty
WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Four senior Democratic lawmakers said on Tuesday they believed the Trump administration may withdraw from a treaty that allows unarmed surveillance flights over U.S., Russian and other territory, warning it would be a gift to Russia and undermine confidence in the U.S. commitment to Ukraine. …read more...
White House blocks ambassador’s testimony
The Trump administration Tuesday blocked an ambassador from testifying to the House of Representatives’ impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine …read more Source:: The Daily...
US meddling in Ukraine is a disaster
Thanks to a newly released trove of US official correspondence, the world now knows just how clumsily the Trump administration tried to get Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to serve its political ends. Perhaps the embarrassment will finally teach the Americans a lesson: This kind of meddling in foreign governments’ affairs will do...
Trump Calls Congressional Impeachment Probe ‘Kangaroo Court’
President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended the decision to block a top diplomat from testifying in a congressional impeachment probe, calling the procedure a “Kangaroo Court.” “He would be testifying before a totally compromised kangaroo court, where Republican’s rights have been taken away, and true facts are not allowed out for the...
