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Amnesty International lashes out at Iran's president elect

1 year ago
Amnesty International released a report Saturday saying that Iran’s newly elected leader Ebrahim Raisi is involved in crimes against humanity, including murder, torture and forced disappearances. The report, which came out a few hours after Raisi was named the winner of the Islamic republic’s presidential election, denounces his rise to presidency instead of undergoing investigation. Citing Amnesty International’s […]
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Trump trying to postpone presidential elections

2 years ago
President Donald Trump’s suggestion on Thursday the Nov. 3 presidential election be delayed due to voter fraud was immediately rejected by lawmakers and dismissed by legal experts, but it raises the specter of a disputed election that could take weeks or even months to resolve. Here are some of the messy scenarios at play – […]
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White House officials insist Trump doesn't want Chinese to re-elect him

2 years ago
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Sunday said he was in the room with President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping when they met, but never heard the U.S. president ask for China’s help in winning re-election. Navarro told CNN’s “State of the Union” that the explosive allegation made in a book by […]
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Druze clash with Israeli police in occupied Golan Heights

4 years ago
Hundreds of Druze Arabs, some carrying Syrian flags, gathered outside the gates of a polling station on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday, trying to block their townspeople from voting in municipal elections. Israeli police wearing helmets cleared a path for would-be voters outside the balloting center in Majdal Shams. As protesters continued to prevent […]
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House Intelligence Committee votes to release Russia interview transcripts

4 years ago
The House Intelligence Committee voted Friday to release transcripts from more than 50 closed-door interviews from its Russia investigation, which will provide for the first time first-hand comments from some of President Donald Trump's senior aides addressing questions about potential collusion. The committee took a bipartisan voice vote to release the transcripts from most of […]
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Trump's election meddling charge against China marks U.S. pressure campaign

4 years ago
President Donald Trump’s accusation of Chinese meddling in upcoming U.S. elections marks a new phase in an escalating pressure campaign against Beijing that Washington is pursuing on multiple fronts, senior U.S. officials said on Thursday. National security adviser John Bolton, long considered a China hawk, has played a key role in persuading Trump to take […]
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Who is Maria Butina and how she gained access to elite conservative circles in the US

4 years ago
For nearly five years, the young Russian political science student was an unusual fixture at the most important events of the US conservative movement. Maria Butina, who was indicted this week on charges of being a covert Russian agent, struck up friendships with the influential leaders of the National Rifle Association and the Conservative Political […]
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UAE denies trying to influence Trump's election

4 years ago
The United Arab Emirates did not try to influence the election of Donald Trump, a minister said on Tuesday, following reports that the president’s son met with an envoy representing the crown princes of the UAE and Saudi Arabia. “Attention needs to be paid to facts over innuendo & speculation; the UAE made no effort […]
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Qatari Investor: Michael Cohen Asked Me For $1 Million

4 years ago
On Tuesday night, the British tabloid The Daily Mail reported that Michael Cohen had asked Ahmed al-Rumaihi, who runs a $100 Qatari sovereign wealth fund, to send him “millions” of dollars, which he would then pass on “to Trump family members.” The tabloid attributed this claim to a “senior Kuwaiti government source” – who said that al-Rumaihi had […]
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