Section: Malaysia
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 ordered aid freeze before Ukraine call: Reports
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump ordered almost US$400 million (RM1.6 billion) in aid to Ukraine to be frozen days before he allegedly asked its president to investigate the son of Joe Biden, US media said late Monday, quoting administration officials.The reports in The Washington Post and The New York Times add to a burgeoning crisis around...
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...
Trump to boast to UN about US success, but troubles mounting
UNITED NATIONS: US President Donald Trump will stand before the United Nations on Tuesday to declare his country top of the world. But with diplomatic troubles building, his annual boast may ring hollow.Trump’s political brand is as well known inside the United Nations as his businessman version is to the rest of New York: brash,...
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...
