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    Iran-Backed Militiamen Withdraw From U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, But Tensions Remain High
    Jan02

    Iran-Backed Militiamen Withdraw From U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, But Tensions Remain High

    (BAGHDAD) — Iran-backed militiamen withdrew from the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Wednesday after two days of clashes with American security forces, but U.S.-Iran tensions remain high and could spill over into further violence. The withdrawal followed calls from the government and senior militia leaders. It ended a two-day crisis marked by...

    Pompeo delays trip to Ukraine due to rising tensions in Iraq
    Jan02

    Pompeo delays trip to Ukraine due to rising tensions in Iraq

    Due to the recent events in Iraq and rising tensions between the United States and Iran, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has delayed a planned trip to the Ukraine. …read more Source:: United Press...

    Pompeo Postpones Trip To Ukraine, Belarus, Central Asia Amid Iran Tensions
    Jan01

    Pompeo Postpones Trip To Ukraine, Belarus, Central Asia Amid Iran Tensions

    U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has postponed his upcoming travels to Ukraine, Belarus, and two Central Asian nations due to the growing tensions in Iraq and the Middle East. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    ‘Quid pro quo’ has got to go: Here’s the latest batch of banned words
    Jan01

    ‘Quid pro quo’ has got to go: Here’s the latest batch of banned words

    Author: 13 ON YOUR SIDE Staff GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Michigan university has released its 45th annual list of words or phrases that should be retired and at the top: quid pro quo. The Latin phrase got new life during the impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump. The president repeatedly declared there was no “quid pro quo” with...

    Ukrainian Nationalists Honor Controversial WWII-Era Leader
    Jan01

    Ukrainian Nationalists Honor Controversial WWII-Era Leader

    Thousands joined an annual January 1 march in Kyiv organized by the right-wing Svoboda party marking the birthday of the controversial 20th-century nationalist leader Stepan Bandera, who is hailed by many in Ukraine as a freedom fighter. In neighboring Russia, however, he is seen as a traitor to the Soviet Union who collaborated with the Nazis....

    Pompeo Postpones Ukraine Trip After Attack on US Embassy in Iraq
    Jan01

    Pompeo Postpones Ukraine Trip After Attack on US Embassy in Iraq

    U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday postponed a trip to Ukraine, the country at the heart of impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, after an attack on the American embassy in Iraq, the State Department announced.Pompeo had been due to travel at week’s end to Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and...

    Pompeo postpones Ukraine trip due to situation in Iraq
    Jan01

    Pompeo postpones Ukraine trip due to situation in Iraq

    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo postponed a planned trip to Ukraine to deal with the ongoing developments out of Baghdad, the State Department announced Wednesday. “Secretary Pompeo must postpone his visit to Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Cyprus due to the need for the Secretary to be in Washington, D.C., to continue monitoring the...

    Trump Lawyer Giuliani Says He Would Testify at President’s Impeachment Trial
    Jan01

    Trump Lawyer Giuliani Says He Would Testify at President’s Impeachment Trial

    Rudy Giuliani, U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal attorney and a key figure in pressing Ukraine to launch investigations to benefit Trump politically, says he would testify at the president’s looming impeachment trial and do whatever he can to see him acquitted.”I would testify, I would, um, do demonstrations. I’d give...

    The 2010s Were a Foreign-Policy Disaster
    Jan01

    The 2010s Were a Foreign-Policy Disaster

    Every four years, after the U.S. presidential election, the National Intelligence Council publishes a report looking ahead to the next two decades in global affairs. We do not have a report to mark the beginning of the 2010s, but the council’s 2012 report, “Alternative Worlds,” described two scenarios—the best plausible case and the worst...

    Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Underlines National Unity In New Year’s Address
    Jan01

    Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Underlines National Unity In New Year’s Address

    In his New Year greeting to the nation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy dispensed with lofty words, saying that he wouldn’t bore his fellow citizens with terms such as “GDP, dropping inflation, implementation, diversification, and other unintelligible words.” …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...