Section: Voice of America (USA)
Ukraine Announces Probe Into Possible Surveillance of Ex-US Ambassador
Ukraine’s Interior Ministry has opened two criminal investigations into possible surveillance of former U.S. ambassador to Kyiv Marie Yovanovitch. Details are still coming in.The news comes as an associate of U.S. President Donald Trump’s person lawyer said the president was aware of a campaign to pressure the Ukrainian government to...
Parnas: Trump ‘Knew Exactly What Was Going On’ in Ukraine
Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer who worked to pressure Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, told the New York Times and the U.S.-based cable news network MSNBC that Trump was aware of his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani’s activities in Ukraine.Trump “knew exactly what was going...
Senators to be Sworn In For Trump Impeachment Trial
The Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump begins Thursday with preliminary proceedings, including House lawmakers who will act as prosecutors presenting the articles of impeachment to the Senators who will serve as the jury.Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will be sworn in for his role in overseeing the process, and then will...
Iran’s Students Stage Isfahan Sit-In on Day 5 of Protests, But Tehran Rallies Blocked
Students in Iran have protested against their Islamist rulers for a fifth day, with dozens staging a sit-in at a central university as police surrounded other universities in Tehran to block more rallies at those sites.Photos obtained by VOA appeared to show at least 100 students staging Wednesday’s sit-in next to a campus restaurant at...
Will the Latest Iran Protests Spark a Popular Uprising?
Days of protests against Iranian leaders over the accidental downing of a Ukrainian airliner appear to indicate public anger has been redirected away from America’s targeted killing of a top Iranian general. But foreign policy analysts say it is too early to tell if this is the beginning of a broader popular movement.”My expectation...
The Seven House Members Who Will Prosecute Trump
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday named seven Democratic lawmakers to prosecute the impeachment case against President Donald Trump at a trial in the U.S. Senate. The House voted 228-193 to approve the impeachment managers and to officially transmit the two articles of impeachment to the Senate. The historic trial is set to open early next...
House Votes to Send Trump Impeachment to Senate for Trial
The U.S. House voted Wednesday to send two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate and approve House prosecutors for only the third impeachment trial in American history. The nearly party-line vote moved Trump’s impeachment from Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Democratic-run House to the Republican-majority Senate,...
Pelosi Names Schiff, Nadler as Prosecutors for Impeachment Trial
Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday named two House chairmen who led President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry as prosecutors for Trump’s Senate trial. Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who led the probe, and Judiciary Chair Rep. Jerrold Nadler, whose committee approved the impeachment articles, as among the managers of...
Released by Separatists, RFE/RL Journalists Describe Imprisonment in Eastern Ukraine
Stanislav Aseyev and Oleh Halazyuk, two contributors to RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, were among the civilians released by Russia-backed separatists in a prisoner swap on December 29, 2019. Both had been held for more than two years. Shortly after their release, the two journalists told RFE/RL about the conditions of their imprisonment and...
Iranian President Rouhani Appeals for ‘National Unity’ After Protests
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called for “national unity” Wednesday after an eruption of protests over Iran’s downing of a Ukrainian International Airlines plane.Iran initially said mechanical problems caused the commercial jetliner to go down, before admitting days later that Iranian military personnel mistakenly shot down...
