Iranian general

Iraq officials: 9 wounded, protesters take a Baghdad highway

7:40 pm January 21, 2020

Baghdad: Iraqi riot police opened fire on Tuesday amid clashes with anti-government protesters on a central Baghdad highway, wounding at least nine, officials said, the latest since violence erupted again last week between demonstrators and security forces. The clashes on the key Mohammed al-Qassim highway broke out when riot police moved in to disperse a […]

Trump denies calling US war dead 'losers,' 'suckers'

House Dems to outline case for removing Trump from office

12:37 am January 19, 2020

Washington: House Democrats were preparing to outline their case for removing President Donald Trump from office in a legal brief due Saturday, as opposing sides in the impeachment case look ahead to the opening of the historic trial in the Senate. Trump on Friday appointed several nationally known lawyers to the team that will defend […]

Anti-Trump protests have shrunk. What’s it mean for 2020?

7:55 pm January 18, 2020

Chicago: Days after President Donald Trump killed an Iranian general and said he was sending more soldiers to the Middle East, about 100 protesters stood on a pedestrian bridge over Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive with an illuminated sign that read “No War in Iran.” Some 200 people marched in the bitter cold near Boston, while […]

Officials, activists say 2 Iraqi protesters killed

11:20 am January 18, 2020

Baghdad: Two protesters were killed and over a dozen wounded in central Baghdad on Friday in renewed violence between anti-government demonstrators and Iraqi security forces, activists and officials said. The deaths follow weeks of calm. Riot police fired tear gas and hurled sound bombs to disperse crowds on the strategic Sinak Bridge after protesters attempted […]