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Subpoenas mark first concrete steps for Trump impeachment
US President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Washington (AP) — House Democrats took their first concrete steps in the impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump on Friday, issuing subpoenas demanding documents from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and...
Ukrainian leader bristles at release of Trump transcript
President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the InterContinental Barclay New York hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Kyiv, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president bristled at the release of his comments from a private conversation with...
Washington plunges into Trump impeachment investigation
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the InterContinental Barclay New York hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Washington (AP) — President Donald Trump pressed the leader of Ukraine to “look into” Joe Biden, Trump’s potential 2020 reelection...
MH17 investigators want to speak to Ukrainian prisoner
In this July 17, 2014 file photo, people walk amongst the debris at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine. Prosecutors investigating the downing five years ago of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine want to speak to a man being held by Ukrainian authorities, calling him a “person of interest” in...
Iranian tanker sought by US heads to unknown destination
Renamed Adrian Aryra 1 super tanker hosting an Iranian flag sails in the waters in the British territory of Gibraltar, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Marcos Moreno)GIBRALTAR (AP) — An Iranian supertanker hauling $130 million worth of light crude oil that the U.S. suspects to be tied to a sanctioned organization lifted its anchor and begun...
Gibraltar releases Iran supertanker that US sought to seize
A view of the Grace 1 supertanker in the British territory of Gibraltar, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, seized last month in a British Royal Navy operation off Gibraltar. (AP Photo/Marcos Moreno)Madrid (AP) — The British overseas territory of Gibraltar released a seized Iranian supertanker Thursday over last-minute objections from the U.S., potentially...
Pilot hailed as hero after bird strike disables Russian jet
In this video grab provided by the RU-RTR Russian television, a Russian Ural Airlines’ A321 plane is seen after an emergency landing in a cornfield near Ramenskoye, outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. (RU-RTR Russian Television via AP)Moscow (AP) — A Russian pilot was being hailed as a hero Thursday for safely landing his...
Relatives of victims mark 5th anniversary of MH17 downing
A girl holds a flower as friends and family of victims from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 plane crash attend a ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the tragedy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)Vijfhuizen, Netherlands (AP) — With songs, speeches and solemn silence, relatives and friends on Wednesday...
German leader Merkel seen shaking for 3rd time in a month
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister of Finland Antti Rinne listen to the national anthems at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, July 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)Berlin (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s body shook visibly at a public event for the third time in less than a month on Wednesday, but...
Chernobyl nuclear confinement shelter has media preview
This June 1, 2019, file photo shows a view of the New Safe Confinement (NSC) movable enclosure at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine. (Sergei Supinsky/Pool Photo via AP)Chernobyl, Ukraine (AP) — A new structure built to confine the Chernobyl reactor at the center of the world’s worst nuclear disaster was previewed for the media...
