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  • Trump pledges an "orderly" transfer of power to Biden

    Date: 2021-01-07 09:54:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:8742348

    WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - President Donald Trump pledged orderly transfer of power to President-elect Joe Biden. Following a formal affirmation of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory, President Trump said the decision ....

  • S. Korean delegation departs for Iran to negotiate release of seized oil tanker

    Date: 2021-01-07 08:22:09 GMT - south korea - World - SN:16 - ID:8742214

    SEOUL, Jan 7 (MENA) - A government delegation left for Iran on Thursday to negotiate an early release of the South Korean oil tanker and its crew seized by Iranian authorities earlier this week, Yonhap News Agency. The delegation, led by Koh ....

  • Pelosi reconvenes the U.S. House: 'Our purpose will be accomplished'

    Date: 2021-01-07 07:50:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:8742166

    WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reconvened the U.S. House late Wednesday evening, hours after both the House and Senate were forced to go into recess and then into hiding as pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol ....

  • Spanish PM expresses concern about violence in Washington

    Date: 2021-01-07 07:48:00 GMT - Spain - World - SN:13 - ID:8742198

    MADRID, Jan 7 (MENA) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday night he was concerned about the violence at the US Capitol where a congressional session was held to certify President-elect and Democrat Joe Biden's victory, Xinhua ....

  • Trump's deputy national security adviser resigns as other top officials consider quitting over Capitol riot

    Date: 2021-01-07 07:22:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:8742191

    WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - President Donald Trump's deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger resigned Wednesday afternoon in response to Trump's reaction to a mob of his supporters breaching the US Capitol, a person close to Pottinger ....

  • Macron condemns riots at US Capitol

    Date: 2021-01-07 06:58:32 GMT - France - World - SN:6 - ID:8742163

    PARIS, Jan 7 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron published a video on Twitter, criticising the violence in while reiterating his faith in the US democratic process, France 24 reported. Macron ended the video with a brief statement in ....

  • Facebook and Twitter temporarily lock Trump's account after riot on Capitol Hill

    Date: 2021-01-07 06:46:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:8742141

    WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - Facebook (FB) and Twitter (TWTR) took the extraordinary step on Wednesday of locking President Donald Trump's account on their platforms after his supporters stormed the Capitol building to protest the election, CNN ....

  • Four deaths, 52 arrests made after Trump supporters storm US Capitol

    Date: 2021-01-07 06:40:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:8742135

    WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - Four people died and 52 were arrested, Washington D.C.'s police chief said, after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday to stop Congress from certifying President-elect Joe Biden's ....

  • DC Mayor Muriel Bowser to extend public emergency for 15 days

    Date: 2021-01-07 06:29:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:8742123

    WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - The mayor of Washington, D.C. extended the city’s public emergency for 15 more days, New York Post reported on Thursday. This came in response to the chaotic pro-Trump protests that erupted inside the US Capitol late ....

  • British foreign secretary: No justification for violence in US Capitol

    Date: 2021-01-06 22:50:54 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:84 - ID:8742049

    LONDON, Jan 6 ( MENA) - Foreign Secretary Dominic Rabb said there is no justification for violence in US Capitol, Sky News reported Wednesday. In a tweet on his Tweeter account Rabb said: "The US rightly takes great pride in its democracy and ....

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