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House Democrats name 7-member team to prosecute Trump in Senate trial
House is expected to send the 2 impeachment charges passed last month against Trump to the Senate today. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: Democrats in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday unveiled a seven-member team to prosecute President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial in the Senate, headed by a former prosecutor who has become a nemesis of...
Ukraine asks Iran to hand over downed plane’s black boxes
KIEV: Ukraine has asked Iran to hand over the black box flight recorders of a Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed after being hit by an Iranian missile, prosecutors said on Wednesday. The Office of the General Prosecutor said it it would take “all measures” to properly decode the black boxes and “preserve evidence in the investigation of the...
Ukraine plane struck by two missiles, says report
Police and angry protesters square off in front of Amir Kabir University in Tehran. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: Two Iranian missiles struck down a Ukrainian passenger jet, the New York Times reported Tuesday, posting verified security camera footage showing double projectiles gliding through the sky before hitting their target. The missiles were fired 30...
About 30 arrested for protesting Iran’s downing of airline
Around 200 students gathered at Tehran University on 4th consecutive day of protests. (Twitter pic/Americas1776)TEHRAN: Some 30 people have been arrested in Iran, the judiciary said Tuesday after protests over authorities’ handling of the shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner last week. Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili gave no...
Russian spies hacked Ukrainian gas firm mentioned in Trump impeachment
WASHINGTON: Russian spies hacked a Ukrainian energy company at the centre of the impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump, a cybersecurity firm said Monday. Russia’s GRU spy agency launched a “phishing” attack in November to access the email of Burisma Holdings employees, California cyber firm Area 1 Security said in a report. “The...
Russia hacked Ukrainian gas firm in Trump impeachment case
Trump pressured Ukraine to probe Burisma and its links to the Bidens. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: Russian spies hacked a Ukrainian energy company at the centre of the impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump, a cybersecurity firm said Monday. Russia’s GRU spy agency launched a “phishing” attack in November to access the email of Burisma...
Republicans reject dismissal of Trump charges ahead of trial
McConnell has vowed to help acquit Trump. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: Republican members of the US Senate, poised to begin an impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the coming days, voiced opposition on Monday to any attempt to dismiss the charges against him without a trial. The Democratic-led US House of Representatives is expected to...
Trudeau blames Ukraine plane’s downing on US-Iran tensions
Trudeau attended a memorial for the victims last week. (AP pic)OTTAWA: Victims of an Iran-downed jetliner would still be alive if not for a recent escalation of tensions partly triggered by the United States, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday. “I think if there were no tensions, if there was no escalation recently in the region,...
Iran agrees deescalation ‘only solution’ to US crisis
Iran’s president also met with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi (left). (AP pic)TEHRAN: Iran signalled Sunday it favours a deescalation after 10 days of heightened tensions with the United States during which both sides fired missiles and Tehran accidentally shot down a passenger aircraft. Security was stepped up in...
Trump warns Iran against ‘massacre’ as plane protests erupt
Protests broke out after Tehran admitted to shooting down a passenger plane. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Saturday the United States was monitoring Iranian demonstrations closely, warning against any new “massacre” as protests broke out after Tehran admitted to shooting down a passenger plane. Iran said earlier it...
