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US Senate votes to proceed with Trump impeachment trial

The Senate voted 56-44 to proceed with its trial of the former president, a historic first, rejecting largely along party lines his defense lawyers' argument that a president cannot face trial after leaving the White House. Democrats hope to disqualify Trump from ever again holding public...

Canada reviewing recording on downed Ukrainian flight

Authorities in Canada are reviewing an audio recording in which someone identified as a high-ranking government official says it is possible that a Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran last year was deliberately downed, local media reported Tuesday.   Canadian official...

EU foreign policy chief defends visit to Moscow

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Tuesday defended his recent controversial visit to Moscow in an address to a plenary session of the European Parliament.  “Foreign policy cannot be reduced to issuing statements from a safe distance, from my office at the...

Officials: Separate attacks kill 9 people in Afghanistan

A string of attacks on Tuesday in Afghanistan killed five government employees and four policemen, officials said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks. In the capital, Kabul, gunmen opened fire in the Bagh-e Daud neighborhood and killed four employees of the...