U.S. House panel to hear from inspector general on whistleblower complaint
A U.S. House of Representatives committee will hear closed-door testimony from the intelligence community’s inspector general on Oct. 4, a congressional official said on Friday.
House Democrats subpoena Pompeo for Ukraine documents
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives who are pursuing an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump forged ahead with their probe on Friday, issuing a subpoena to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for documents concerning contact with th…
Haitian police use tear gas, live ammunition to break protests
Haitian police used tear gas and live ammunition on Friday to disperse increasingly violent protesters in the capital, witnesses said, as anger over the economic and political problems in the country grew.
After U.S. talks, Sudan sees path to lifting sanctions soon
Sudan’s prime minister said on Friday he had held useful talks with U.S. officials while at the United Nations this week, and expressed hope Khartoum could reach an agreement to be removed from Washington’s state-sponsored terrorism list “very soon.”
Austrian election winds up as favorite Kurz keeps coalition options open
Austrian political parties began winding up their campaigns on Friday, two days before a parliamentary election Sebastian Kurz’s conservatives are tipped to win, as the left-wing Greens and far right warned he could pick the other side as partner.
Lavrov says Trump-Zelenskiy call blown out of proportion
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday said the controversy over a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been blown out of proportion and dismissed a suggestion that Russia was behind i…
Venezuela opposition leaves U.N. with ‘gestures of support’ but no breakthrough
During their week representing Venezuelan congress chief Juan Guaido at the U.N. General Assembly, an opposition delegation received words of support from U.S. President Donald Trump, funding from the United States, and pledges of stronger action from …
Trump should buy Mexico’s presidential jet: Lopez Obrador jokes
The luxury presidential plane that whisked Mexico’s former leader around the world but is now for sale should tempt Donald Trump to open his wallet, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador joked on Friday.
Militants kill eight in deadly ambush in Egypt’s Sinai: sources
Seven soldiers and one civilian were killed in an ambush in Egypt’s North Sinai region on Friday, security sources said, in an attack claimed by Islamic State.
‘System is not broken’ after 737 MAX crashes: review panel chair
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration process for certifying new airplanes is not broken but needs to be improved, the chair of an international panel of air-safety regulators, tasked to review Boeing Co’s 737 Max, said on Friday.
