Politics

UN Security Council clashes over Syria cross-border aid - 12/19/2019

NEW YORK (dpa)- Russia is clashing with other members of the United Nations Security Council over a resolution on delivering critical cross-border aid to Syria, diplomats said on Wednesday. Since...

Challenges mount for Syria’s triumphant al-Assad - 12/19/2019

BEIRUT, Weedah Hamzah (dpa)- Having all but crushed the armed rebellion against his regime, Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is still unlikely to regain international recognition any time soon....

Trump impeached by the House on two counts over Ukraine dealings - 12/19/2019

WASHINGTON, Shabtai Gold and Eliyahu Kamisher (dpa)- US President Donald Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives on Wednesday for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress over his...

Large gatherings banned amid protests against Indian citizenship law - 12/19/2019

NEW DELHI (dpa)- Orders prohibiting large gathering of people were issued in several parts of India Thursday as protests against a contentious citizenship law snowballed. Several protesters gathering...

Nancy Pelosi once resisted impeachment; now it shapes her legacy - 12/18/2019

WASHINGTON, Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times (tca/dpa)- When Nancy Pelosi first held the speaker's gavel in 2007, liberals in her caucus wanted to impeach President George W. Bush over the Iraq...

Airstrikes in Syria's key rebel enclave displace 8,000 - 12/18/2019

BEIRUT (dpa)- Some 8,000 people have been displaced in the past 24 hours by multiple airstrikes by Syrian government forces and allied Russia in the north-western rebel enclave of Idlib, a war...

Russian, Syrian airstrikes kill five civilians in Idlib - 12/17/2019

BEIRUT (dpa)- Russian and Syrian government airstrikes on areas in north-western Syria killed at least five civilians, including three children, a war monitor reported on Monday. The Britain-based...

Turkish court issues warrant for German ex-MP for insulting Erdogan - 12/17/2019

ISTANBUL (dpa)- A Turkish court issued a detention warrant for a former German lawmaker on Tuesday as his trial started for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his lawyer told dpa. Memet Kilic,...

Johnson: Parliament to vote on 'oven-ready' Brexit deal by Christmas - 12/14/2019

LONDON (dpa)- British lawmakers will vote before Christmas on the Brexit deal that Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson agreed with Brussels, he said on Saturday. "We're going to get Brexit...

Libya’s UN-backed government scoffs at rival's battle for Tripoli - 12/14/2019

TRIPOLI/BRUSSELS, Ashraf Azabi and Badr Mohammed (dpa)– The head of Libya's UN-backed government, Fayez Serraj, on Friday mocked a rival's months-long campaign to capture the capital Tripoli as...
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