Jan 03 Watch 6:26 News Wrap: McConnell, Schumer remain divided over impeachment trial In our news wrap Friday, the Senate returned from break still divided on procedures for an impeachment trial of President Trump. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell again refused to commit to calling additional witnesses, while Minority Leader Chuck Schumer insisted… Continue watching
Jan 03 PHOTOS: Australia endures deadly, historic wildfires By Laura Santhanam, Maea Lenei Buhre The flames have set off one of Australia’s largest evacuations in history, forcing thousands of people to flee some of the country’s most densely populated regions, in what many scientists have called a foreboding sign of climate change. Continue reading
Jan 03 WATCH: Trump says Iranian general’s ‘reign of terror’ is over Gen. Qassem Soleimani “made the death of innocent people his sick passion,” Trump said from his estate in Palm Beach, Florida, adding that “a lot of lives would have been saved” if he'd been hunted down years ago. Continue reading
Jan 03 AP source: U.S. is sending 3,000 more troops to Mideast as reinforcements By Zeke Miller, Robert Burns, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The dispatching of extra troops reflects concern about potential Iranian retaliatory action for the killing Thursday of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran's Quds Force. Continue reading
Jan 03 How Iran’s top general became an icon by targeting the U.S. By Nasser Karimi, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press For the U.S. and Israel, Gen. Qassem Soleimani was a shadowy figure in command of Iran's proxy forces, responsible for fighters in Syria backing President Bashar Assad and for the deaths of American troops in Iraq. Continue reading
Jan 03 Trump says Iran general should have been ‘taken out’ years ago By Associated Press In his first comments since the early Friday strike against the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, President Donald Trump said the general was also responsible for killing and wounding “thousands” of Americans and many more in the region… Continue reading
Jan 03 Indonesia capital floods leave 43 dead and 397,000 displaced By Niniek Karmini, Associated Press Monsoon rains and rising rivers submerged at least 182 neighborhoods in greater Jakarta and caused landslides in the Bogor and Depok districts on the city's outskirts as well as in neighboring Lebak, which buried a dozen people. Continue reading
Jan 03 Heat and strong winds threaten to worsen Australia wildfires By Shonal Ganguly, Steve McMorran, Associated Press More than 200 fires were burning, and warnings of extreme danger to come Saturday prompted mass evacuations. Continue reading
Jan 03 Pompeo says U.S. strike disrupted ‘imminent’ attack By Associated Press Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told CNN that Gen. Qassem Soleimani “was actively plotting in the region to take actions, the big action as he described it, that would have put dozens if not hundreds of American lives at risk."… Continue reading
Jan 03 What we know about U.S. tensions with Iran By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The killing of a top Iranian general is the latest in a series of escalating incidents traces back to President Donald Trump's decision in 2018 to unilaterally withdraw America from Iran's nuclear deal with world powers. Continue reading