Pompeo says State Department has given initial response to Congress
The U.S. State Department has issued an initial response to a Congressional request for documents as part of an impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday.
Ethiopia’s Oromo celebrate festival in Addis amid tight security
Hundreds of thousands of Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group celebrated in Addis Ababa on Saturday at the start of an annual thanksgiving festival which was marred by violence in 2016.
North Korean and U.S. negotiators meet to break nuclear stalemate in Sweden
U.S. and North Korean officials arrived to begin nuclear talks at an isolated conference center on the outskirts of Stockholm on Saturday, in an attempt to end months of stalemate.
Truck crash with minibus kills ten people in southern Romania
A heavy truck collided with a minibus in southern Romania on Saturday, killing ten people and injuring many others.
U.S.-backed Syrian force warns of ‘all-out war’ in response to any Turkish attack
The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said on Saturday it would “not hesitate to turn any unprovoked (Turkish) attack into an all-out war” to defend its region in northeast Syria.
U.N. calls for probe into violence related to Hong Kong protests
The United Nations human rights chief called on Saturday for an independent probe into the violence during anti-government protests in Hong Kong, saying the injuries were alarming.
House Democrats subpoena White House for documents in Trump impeachment probe
U.S. House Democrats on Friday subpoenaed the White House for documents they want to see as part of their impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump.
U.S. diplomat thought it was ‘crazy’ to withhold Ukraine aid: texts
A top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine thought it was “crazy” to withhold military aid for the country as it confronted Russian aggression, according to evidence presented on Thursday in an impeachment probe of President Donald Trump.
Factbox: All the president’s men – Supporting actors in Trump’s Ukraine scandal
President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine into investigating a top rival in the 2020 U.S. presidential election prompted Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats in the House of Representatives to move ahead with an impeachment inquiry, thre…
Ukraine to review cases linked to founder of firm that employed Biden’s son
Ukrainian prosecutors said on Friday they would review 15 previous investigations related to the founder of gas company Burisma, where the son of former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was a board member until this year.
