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Trump’s transcript of Ukraine call unlikely verbatim
President Trump says transcript would show the call was ‘totally appropriate.’ (Reuters pic)WASHINGTON: Details from a phone call made by Donald Trump that has led the US House of Representatives to launch a formal impeachment inquiry against the president isn’t likely to come from a recording or be verbatim, former White House and...
Democrats launch formal Trump impeachment inquiry
President Trump criticises the inquiry calling it, ‘Witch Hunt garbage.’ (AFP pic)WASHINGTON: Top US Democrat Nancy Pelosi Tuesday announced the opening of a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, saying he betrayed his oath of office by seeking help from a foreign power to hurt his Democratic rival Joe Biden. The dramatic...
Trump addresses UN in shadow of Iran crisis, domestic scandal
President Trump hints new measures on ending Iran’s nuclear technology. (Reuters pic)NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump will try selling his tough Iran policy in a speech to the UN on Tuesday, but the bid for international leadership will be overshadowed by growing political scandals at home. “We’ll be talking about Iran,” Trump told...
US soldier arrested for sharing bomb-making instructions
Democratic candidate O’Rourke (centre) becomes a bomb target of Jarrett Smith. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: A US soldier who shared bomb-making instructions online and spoke of attacking the headquarters of a major television network has been arrested, the Justice Department said Monday. Jarrett Smith, 24, an army private assigned to Fort Riley,...
Trump says, ‘no I didn’t’ on pressuring Ukraine
Trump, however says his conversation with a Ukrainian leader was interesting. (Reuters pic)WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Monday denied trying to coerce Ukraine into investigating his Democratic political rival Joe Biden, but wavered about whether he would release a transcript of a phone call that some Democrats say are grounds for his...
Council of Europe presses Chechnya on alleged gay torture
MOSCOW: A Council of Europe official tackled Chechen officials about reports of the torture and detention of gay people, during a rare visit to the Russian republic Saturday. Frank Schwabe, a member of the Council’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) raised the issue with officials in Moscow and in the Chechen capital Grozny. “There are very...
Philippines halts aid talks with backers of UN rights probe into drug war
Duterte’s office says the president did not issue the order. (AFP pic)MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration has ordered the suspension of all loan and grant talks with foreign governments that backed a United Nations resolution to review human rights abuses during his signature anti-drug war. The...
Biden demands Trump release call transcript in whistleblower case
Joe Biden says President Trump should immediately release the transcript, so Americans can judge for themselves. (Bloomberg pic)WASHINGTON: Joe Biden on Friday demanded Donald Trump release the transcript of a call in which the US president reportedly pressured his Ukrainian counterpart for political gain, an act the Democratic presidential...
Trump slams ‘partisan’ whistleblower as scandal swirls
President Trump’s team may have sought to pressure Ukraine into providing information on Joe Biden. (AFP pic)WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Friday angrily denied any wrongdoing in a phone call with a mystery foreign leader that led an intelligence whistleblower to sound the alarm, as reports said the call was to his Ukrainian...
France says ‘time has come’ to ease tensions with Russia
Jean-Yves Le Drian says the prisoner exchange had created goodwill that needed to be reinforced. (Reuters pic)MOSCOW: France said Monday that the time had come to start easing tensions with Russia as senior ministers held four-way talks in Moscow not seen since the crisis over Ukraine broke out. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said...
