Donald Trump on Wednesday became the third U.S. president to be impeached as the House of Representatives formally charged him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The votes set up a trial in the Republican-controlled Senate, where lawmakers must decide whether to convict Trump and remove him from office. Here is what could happen in the coming days: …

STRASBOURG: The daughter of jailed Uighur intellectual Ilham Tohti received the EU’s top rights prize on his behalf on Wednesday, saying she did not even know if he was still alive. Jewher Ilham said she hoped the award of the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize would help her father, sentenced to life imprisonment in 2014 for “separatism” in a trial that …

TOKYO: A Tokyo court on Wednesday awarded 3.3 million yen ($30,000) in damages to journalist Shiori Ito, who accused a former TV reporter of rape in one of the most high-profile cases of the #MeToo movement in Japan. The civil case made headlines in Japan and abroad, as it is rare for rape victims to report the crime to the …

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister said on Wednesday he’s no longer a candidate for the post, eliminating himself from consideration on the eve of scheduled consultations between the president and parliamentary blocs for naming a new premier. The move by Saad Hariri comes amid much uncertainty and heightened tensions following recent violence. There were several days of confrontations involving security …

MACAU: China’s President Xi Jinping arrived in Macau on Wednesday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its handover to China, and is expected to announce economic perks as as a reward for its stability and loyalty as protests rock nearby Hong Kong. Security was tight in the gambling hub, especially for people arriving from Hong Kong. Among the polices Xi …

SRINAGAR: A lockdown in India-held Kashmir has cost its economy more than $2.4 billion since the Modi government stripped it of its special status, officials of the Himalayan region’s main trade organisation said on Wednesday. “In the last 120 days we have witnessed how each and every sector has bled … we fear this crisis will further intensify in 2020,” …

President Donald Trump was impeached by the US House of Representatives Wednesday night, becoming only the third American chief executive to be formally charged under the constitution’s ultimate remedy for high crimes and misdemeanors. The historic vote split along party lines, much the way it has divided the US, over the charges that the 45th president abused the power of …

Hosting a summit of Muslim leaders, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad bemoaned the state of Islam and defended the meeting that has been shunned by Saudi Arabia and criticised for undermining the bigger Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Divisions in the Muslim world were self-evident as only about 20 countries sent leaders, or delegations to the Kuala Lumpur summit, though all 57 …

Defiant in the face of a historic rebuke, US President Donald Trump labeled his impeachment by the House of Representatives on Wednesday “a suicide march” for the Democratic Party as he delivered a rambling two-hour rally speech that overlapped the vote. “Crazy Nancy Pelosi’s House Democrats have branded themselves with an eternal mark of shame,” Trump told the crowd in battleground …

LAHORE: Refusing to accept manipulated elections in the future, the PPP has threatened to launch a “revolution or [transparent] election” movement. “Despite having reservations over and protested against election results during the last couple of decades, the PPP has been accepting the subsequent governments. But from now on, we’ll accept only fair and transparent elections,” PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari told …