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Pompeo urges Kazakhstan to press China over Uighurs

Pompeo urges Kazakhstan to press China over Uighurs

-- 2020-02-02 15:13:03

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Kazakhstan on Sunday to join Washington in pressing Beijing over its treatment of Muslim minorities, a sensitive matter for the Central Asian nation which has c...

Pompeo pledges support for Ukraine as impeachment trial rumbles

Pompeo pledges support for Ukraine as impeachment trial rumbles

-- 2020-01-31 16:29:41

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo underscored Washington’s support for Ukraine on a visit to Kiev on Friday, as both countries sought to smooth over relations buffeted by the impeachment trial o...

Airlines cut China flights over coronavirus fear

Airlines cut China flights over coronavirus fear

-- 2020-01-29 17:37:00

Airlines including United Airlines Holdings Inc said they were cancelling some flights to China as demand fell sharply and global companies told their employees not to travel on deepening fears over t...

Flooding kills 52 in Brazil

Flooding kills 52 in Brazil

-- 2020-01-29 13:44:04

Severe flooding has left a total of 52 people dead in southeast Brazil's Minas Gerais state, the state civil defence agency said Tuesday. One person remains missing, 65 have been injured, 28,893 disp...

Eight die as flames engulf 35 boats in Alabama marina

Eight die as flames engulf 35 boats in Alabama marina

Reuters 2020-01-28 12:57:02

Fire swept through a lakefront marina in Alabama early on Monday (US local time), killing at least eight people and sending seven others to hospital after flames engulfed 35 vessels from house boats t...

Trump to unveil Middle East peace plan this week

Trump to unveil Middle East peace plan this week

Reuters 2020-01-27 15:12:17

US President Donald Trump is expected to disclose details of his long-delayed Middle East peace proposal to Israeli leaders today (Monday), as he attempts to generate some momentum toward resolving on...

US will not lift sanctions to negotiate with Iran: Trump

US will not lift sanctions to negotiate with Iran: Trump

Reuters 2020-01-26 13:34:53

The United States will not lift sanctions on Iran in order to negotiate, US President Donald Trump tweeted late on Saturday (US local time), seemingly in response to a Der Spiegel interview with Iran&...

34 US troops diagnosed with traumatic brain injury after Iran strike

34 US troops diagnosed with traumatic brain injury after Iran strike

-- 2020-01-25 13:24:57

The Pentagon said on Friday that 34 service members had been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury following missile strikes by Iran on a base in Iraq earlier this month, a number higher than the mili...

Trump to unveil Middle East peace plan by Tuesday

Trump to unveil Middle East peace plan by Tuesday

-- 2020-01-24 13:01:07

US President Donald Trump has said that he would unveil the long-awaited Middle East peace plan before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington on next Tuesday. Speaking to rep...

US imposes fresh Iran-related sanctions

US imposes fresh Iran-related sanctions

Reuters 2020-01-24 11:32:58

The United States on Thursday (local time) said it blacklisted two companies based in Hong Kong, one in Shanghai and one in Dubai for helping Iran’s state-owned National Iranian Oil Company (NIO...

One dead in US shooting, five wounded

One dead in US shooting, five wounded

-- 2020-01-23 11:23:40

At least one person was killed and five others wounded in a shooting during the evening rush-hour at a Seattle shopping district in the US on Thursday and the suspects remained at large, police said....

US Senate approves Trump impeachment trial rules, rejecting witnesses

US Senate approves Trump impeachment trial rules, rejecting witnesses

Reuters 2020-01-22 14:00:36

The Republican-controlled US Senate voted early on Wednesday (US local time) on party lines to approve the rules for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, rejecting Democratic efforts to...

Senators clash as Trump impeachment trial opens

Senators clash as Trump impeachment trial opens

-- 2020-01-22 11:40:45

The US Senate has rejected repeated Democratic attempts to secure new evidence in President Donald Trump's impeachment as his trial began. Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell meanwhile backed off...

Mexico murder rate hits record high in 2019

Mexico murder rate hits record high in 2019

Reuters 2020-01-21 14:53:14

Mexico suffered its worst year for homicides in 2019, with a record 34,582 victims, official data showed on Monday, underscoring the challenge President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador faces while waging...

Trump impeachment: Senate prepares for quick trial

Trump impeachment: Senate prepares for quick trial

Reuters 2020-01-21 10:31:59

US President Donald Trump on Monday (local time) rejected the Democratic-led House of Representatives’ impeachment charges and called for their immediate dismissal by the Republican-led Senate i...

Trump legal team says impeachment charges 'brazen and unlawful'

Trump legal team says impeachment charges 'brazen and unlawful'

BBC 2020-01-19 12:17:33

US President Donald Trump's legal team has issued its first formal response to the impeachment charges against him, describing them as a "dangerous attack" on democracy. The document said the impeach...

Iran plane cash: Canada offers compensation to families of Canadian victims

Iran plane cash: Canada offers compensation to families of Canadian victims

-- 2020-01-18 18:36:36

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said Canada will compensate families of the victims of the Ukraine Airlines crash. The funds are designed to assist families of victims who are Canadians ci...

Two die in plane crash in Chile

Two die in plane crash in Chile

-- 2020-01-18 13:03:55

At least two people died on Friday in a plane crash in the northern part of the Santiago Metropolitan Region of Chile, the Chilean Air Force reported. According to authorities, the plane had taken of...

After base shooting, US restricts foreign trainee access to guns

After base shooting, US restricts foreign trainee access to guns

-- 2020-01-18 11:30:45

The Pentagon announced on Friday new restrictions on international military students’ access to guns on US bases, as well as other measures, after a Saudi officer killed three US sailors at a Fl...

Iranian missile attack injures 11 US troops

Iranian missile attack injures 11 US troops

-- 2020-01-17 13:08:36

Eleven US troops were treated for concussion symptoms as a result of last week's Iranian missile attack on US military base in Iraq, the US military has said in a statement. "While no US service memb...

Trump impeachment trial opens in US senate

Trump impeachment trial opens in US senate

Reuters 2020-01-17 10:45:36

The Senate impeachment trial on whether to remove US President Donald Trump from office formally began on Thursday (US local time) even as a congressional watchdog found that the White House broke the...

US House sends Trump impeachment articles to Republican-led Senate

US House sends Trump impeachment articles to Republican-led Senate

-- 2020-01-16 17:37:35

The US House of Representatives officially sent impeachment articles against President Donald Trump to the Senate on Wednesday evening to allow a trial to get underway. After an engrossment ceremony,...

Brazilian tribes, forest tappers unite against Bolsonaro

Brazilian tribes, forest tappers unite against Bolsonaro

Reuters 2020-01-16 13:26:48

Brazilian indigenous tribes and rubber tappers joined forces on Wednesday to oppose steps by Brazilian far-right President Jair Bolsonaro that they say are destroying the Amazon forest they depend o...

Democrats add last-minute evidence to Trump impeachment case before Senate trial

Democrats add last-minute evidence to Trump impeachment case before Senate trial

REUTERS 2020-01-15 12:42:55

Democrats in the US House of Representatives said on Tuesday they would include new evidence when they send formal impeachment charges against president Donald Trump to the Senate on Wednesday, seekin...

Republican senators say they will not vote to dismiss charges against Trump ahead of trial

Republican senators say they will not vote to dismiss charges against Trump ahead of trial

REUTERS 2020-01-14 13:53:43

Republican members of the US Senate, poised to begin an impeachment trial against president Donald Trump in the coming days, voiced opposition on Monday to any attempt to dismiss the charges against h...

Canadian PM promises ‘justice’ at Iran plane vigil

Canadian PM promises ‘justice’ at Iran plane vigil

-- 2020-01-13 12:01:40

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said he will seek "justice" for those killed on board a Ukrainian passenger plane downed by Iran. Mr Trudeau spoke in Edmonton, Alberta at a vigil for the 5...

US, China reach agreement to resume economic talks

US, China reach agreement to resume economic talks

AP 2020-01-12 16:42:08

The United States and China have agreed to resume semiannual talks on economic and trade issues, according to a published report. These discussions had been conducted in previous administrations but h...

Trump impeachment charges may go to Senate as early as next week

Trump impeachment charges may go to Senate as early as next week

REUTERS 2020-01-12 14:15:25

The Democratic-led US House of Representatives will send formal impeachment charges against president Donald Trump to the Senate as early as next week, House speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday, setti...

Iranians shot down airliner, Western leaders declare

Iranians shot down airliner, Western leaders declare

AP 2020-01-10 13:50:04

It is “highly likely” that Iran shot down the civilian Ukrainian jetliner that crashed near Tehran late Tuesday, killing all 176 people on board, US, Canadian and British officials declare...

US House votes to limit Trump war powers on Iran

US House votes to limit Trump war powers on Iran

-- 2020-01-10 10:51:21

The US House of Representatives has approved a largely symbolic resolution seeking to limit President Donald Trump's ability to make war on Iran. The measure passed the Democratic-run chamber 224-194...