Section: Geo TV (Pakistan)
Pro-Iran protesters leave US embassy in Baghdad
Thousands of Iraqi supporters of the largely Iranian-trained Hashed had encircled and vandalised the embassy compound Tuesday. Photo: ReutersPro-Iran demonstrators left the besieged US embassy in Baghdad on Wednesday after the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force ordered them to withdraw a day after their dramatic incursion.Thousands of Iraqi...
UNICEF calls 2010s a ?deadly decade? for children
Syrian children shelter in the doorway of a house, amid gunfire and shelling, in a city affected by the conflict. Photo: UN/Alessio RomenziThe United Nations Children’s Fund in a report released on Monday said attacks on children have nearly tripled over the last decade — an average of 45 violations a day. Some 170,000 violations against...
Trump faces firestorm after identifying alleged whistleblower
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump faced calls from his own party to show more restraint on Twitter amid a storm of outrage Sunday over the president revealing the name of a man widely thought to be the whistleblower who triggered his impeachment.Criticism has been growing since Trump retweeted an attack that included the name of the reported CIA staffer...
Facing blowback, Biden clarifies stance on impeachment trial testimony
US Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden. Photo: AFPWASHINGTON: US Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden on Saturday said there would be “no legal basis” for Republicans to subpoena his testimony in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, clarifying remarks from Friday that drew criticism.“I want to clarify something I said...
US House speaker, Senate leader spar over Trump trial
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Photo: FileUS House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sparred on Monday over the ground rules for President Donald Trump’s trial in the Senate on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.Pelosi, the speaker of the...
Moscow and Warsaw feud over who was to blame for WWII
Germans tanks invade Poland in 1939, sparking the start of World War II. Photo: AFPPoland and Russia have again clashed over who was to blame for unleashing World War II, each accusing the other of distorting history and trying to undermine already strained relations.Tensions are running high between Warsaw and its Soviet-era master, with North...
Trump slams House’s impeachment delay as ‘so unfair’
US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. December 21, 2019. Photo: ReutersWEST PALM BEACH: President Donald Trump on Saturday criticized House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi for holding off on sending the articles...
Trump seeks rapid exoneration in Senate after impeachment
Photo: FileWASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump pressed his Republican allies on Thursday to exert rigid control of his Senate trial and ensure a swift exoneration, a day after he was impeached in a historic rebuke by the House of Representatives.A bitter fight looms over the coming trial, expected to begin as early as the second week of...
Democratic 2020 candidates lash Trump before debating policy
The latest prime-time Democratic debate featured just seven of the 15 Democrats still in the contest six weeks before the first nomination ballots are cast in Iowa. Photo: AFPWASHINGTON: Democratic candidates on the 2020 presidential debate stage Thursday quickly attacked Donald Trump one day after his impeachment, saying he is a corrupt...
Trump and Ukraine: A chronology from phone call to impeachment
US President Donald Trump. Photo: File WASHINGTON: Here is a chronology of events leading to the impeachment of US President Donald Trump in the US House of Representatives. The matter now moves to a Senate trial to determine whether he will be removed from office, an unlikely event given that the chamber is controlled by his fellow...
