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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 […]

Diplomat says of Trump Ukraine call: 'I remember it vividly'

Diplomat says he overheard Trump call about ‘investigations’

12:59 pm November 16, 2019

Washington: A State Department official told impeachment investigators Friday that he overheard President Donald Trump talking with a US ambassador about investigations in Ukraine, according to people familiar with the testimony. David Holmes, the political counsel at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, said Trump was talking so loudly that Ambassador Gordon Sondland had to hold […]