WASHINGTON – The Senate on Wednesday voted to acquit President Donald Trump of both counts in his impeachment trial. Forty-eight senators, including one Republican, found Trump guilty of abuse of power, while 52, all Republicans, voted to acquit him. The president was also impeached on the charge of obstruction […]
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Washington(CNN) President Donald Trump ignored — or didn’t see — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s attempt to shake his hand before Tuesday’s State of the Union address in an apparent snub that comes more than a month after House Democrats impeached Trump. Immediately after Trump finished his speech, the California Democrat […]
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has said it rejects US President Donald Trump ‘s recently unveiled Middle East plan. The 57-member body, which held a summit on Monday to discuss the plan in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah, said in a statement that it “calls on all member states not to […]
Canada, Iran at odds over who should analyze downed plane’s black boxes Iran said it had asked the U.S. and French authorities for equipment to download information from black boxes on a downed Ukrainian airliner, potentially angering countries which want the recorders analyzed abroad. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, […]
The European parliament, legislative branch of the European Union, says there has not been progress in the fight against Boko Haram insurgents. In other words, Buhari has been lying to the international community and claiming monies for prosecuting the war against the terrorist organization. The parliament made this remark in […]
US troops were injured in Iran missile attack despite Pentagon initially saying there were no casualties (CNN)Several US service members were injured during last week’s Iranian missile attack on Al-Asad airbase in Iraq despite the Pentagon initially saying that no casualties had taken place. “While no U.S. service members were […]
The impeachment trial against President Donald Trump began in the US Senate on Thursday, starting with a reading of the charges. John Roberts, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, was then be sworn in to preside over the trial that will determine whether Trump should be removed from office. […]
United Kingdom has launched a fresh bid to confiscate “proceeds of loot” in the £117 million worth of properties linked to James Ibori, former governor of Delta state. In 2012, a UK court sentenced Ibori – who governed Delta from 1999 to 2007 – to prison after convicting him of […]
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev declared Wednesday that the entire Russian government is resigning, after Vladimir Putin has initiated sweeping reforms that could prolong his decades-long grip on power beyond the end of his presidency. The surprise announcement came after Putin proposed constitutional amendments that would, at the expense of the […]