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Trump Indicted by New York Grand Jury, Due in Court Tuesday

A New York grand jury voted Thursday to indict former President Donald Trump in connection with a $130,000 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election, his lawyer told CNBC. Trump attorney Joe Tacopina told NBC News that Trump is expected to surrender to the ...

13 hours ago

Europe

Putin Approves Updated Concept of Foreign Policy of Russia

President Vladimir Putin has approved a new version of Russia’s Concept of Foreign Policy. He announced the signing of the relevant decree at a meeting with permanent members of the Security Council of the Russian Federation on Friday. This document defines the priority areas, goals and objectives of the country’s ...

14 hours ago

Americas

US Treasury Secretary says Trump’s Administration ‘Decimated’ Financial Oversight

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday that the capacity of the U.S. government to respond to and prop up failing financial markets was “decimated” by cutbacks enacted during the Trump administration. Her remarks come in the wake of state interventions to save depositors at failed banks Signature and Silicon Valley ...

17 hours ago

Europe

Russia Vows Not to Let Nord Stream Investigations ‘Off the Hook’

“Our next steps will be to keep these national investigations and those who have sworn that this will be enough to establish the truth from getting off the hook … the topic is far from closed,” Lavrov told reporters. Russia had no illusions regarding transparency of the investigation conducted by ...

20 hours ago

Americas

US Troops Suffered ‘Brain Injuries’ in Syria

The Pentagon has said several US troops suffered injuries during last week’s attacks in Syria, part of which they are occupying against international law, violating the Arab country’s sovereignty. Pentagon spokesman Brigadier General Patrick Ryder said on Thursday four service members suffered traumatic brain injuries near the Syrian city of ...

23 hours ago

Americas

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Sept. 3, 2022. Trump's latest legal troubles – sweeping fraud allegations by New York's attorney general and an appellate court's stark repudiation by judges he appointed – have laid bare the challenges ahead as the former president operates without the protections afforded by the White House. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Trump Criminally Charged in New York, a First for a US Ex-President

Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury after a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, becoming the first former US president to face criminal charges even as he makes another run for the White House. The specific charges are not yet known, as ...

23 hours ago

Int'l Organizations

A general view shows the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, on August 27, 2018. (Reuters)

World Court Rules U.S. Illegally Froze Some Iranian Assets, Orders Compensation

In a victory for Iran, judges at the International Court of Justice (ICE) on Thursday ruled Washington had illegally allowed courts to freeze assets of some Iranian companies and ordered the United States to pay compensation, the amount of which will be determined later. However, the World Court said it ...

2 days ago

Europe

A service member of Russian private military company Wagner Group walks along a road, as Russia's military operation in Ukraine continues, near the city of Bakhmut, Donetsk People's Republic. © Sputnik/Viktor Antonyuk

Ukrainian Army ‘Almost Destroyed’: Wagner chief

The head of the Wagner Group private military company (PMC) Evgeny Prigozhin has described Ukraine’s losses in the battle for the city of Artryomovsk as almost fatal to Kiev’s entire military. The sacrifices made by his force for the sake of Russia were worth it, he added. “As of today, ...

2 days ago

Europe

Iranian FM Hussein Amirabdollahian holding a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow (IRNA/ March29, 2023)

Iran, Russia Nearing Long-term Comprehensive Cooperation Agreement.

Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Hussein Amirabdollahian has ruled out any sort of efforts to change geopolitics in the Caucasus region, urging Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan to find a political solution. Amirabdollahian made the remark in a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow ...

3 days ago

Europe

Russian Strategic Missile Forces Begin Large-Scale Command-and-Staff Exercise

A large-scale command-and-staff exercise of Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces, involving more than 3,000 servicemen, began in Russia on Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry told journalists. The exercise will involve the Omsk Missile Formation and the Novosibirsk Missile Formation, equipped with mobile Yars launchers. “Overall, the exercise will involve over 3,000 ...

3 days ago