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Former President Donald Trump is welcoming his second impeachment acquittal and says his movement “has only just begun.” Trump in a lengthy statement is thanking his attorneys and his defenders in the House and Senate, who he said “stood proudly for the Constitution we all revere and for the sacred legal principles at the heart of our country.” He is slamming the trial as “yet another phase of the greatest witch hunt in the history of our Country.” And he is telling his supporters that, “Our historic, patriotic and beautiful movement to Make America Great Again has only just begun” and that he will have more to share with them in the months ahead.  While Trump was acquitted by the Senate, seven Republicans voted to convict him, making it the most bipartisan vote in the history of presidential impeachments. The Senate met in a rare weekend session to wrap up the impeachment trial. An unexpected morning vote in favor of hearing witnesses threw the trial into confusion, but both sides...

 The conflict in Yemen has killed and injured thousands of civilians. According to the Yemen Data Project, more than 17,500 civilians were killed and injured since 2015, and a quarter of all civilians killed in air raids were women and children. More than 20 million people in Yemen are experiencing food insecurity; 10 million of them are at risk of famine. Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have led a coalition of states in Yemen against Houthi forces that, in alliance with former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, took over Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, in September 2014. Over the past year, these alliances have fractured. Houthi forces, which still control much of northern and central Yemen, killed Saleh after clashes in December 2017. In southern Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have backed rival Yemeni groups—the Saudi-supported Yemeni government led by President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi and the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC). In August ...

The White House on Tuesday said President Joe Biden is going to "recalibrate" the US relationship with Saudi Arabia, in yet another signal the president will take a decidedly different stance toward the kingdom than what was seen under the Trump administration. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden will be dealing directly with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud rather than Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, also known as MBS. "The president's counterpart is King Salman," Psaki said, adding that Biden and the king will speak at an "appropriate" time. This is a significant announcement from the Biden administration following four years of close relationships between the US government and the Saudi crown prince — the kingdom's de facto ruler. King Salman is 85 and reportedly in poor health. Biden's move to deal with the king marks a diplomatic slight to the crown prince. President Donald Trump's staunch support for Prin...

Commenting on Russian-Iranian cooperation on cybersecurity, founder and CEO of Israeli cyber consultation firm Konfidas Digital Ltd, Ram Levi, said Israel's economy is not ready for Iranian cyberattacks, Rai Al-Youm reported. The UAE-based online newspaper reported Levi telling the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth that the Russian-Iranian deal would largely reinforce Iran's protection from cyberattacks, as well as Iran's ability to carry out cyberattacks. According to Levi, the deal would give Iran abilities it did not have before. "What is worrying for us is that Russia and Iran will at a certain point have intelligence cooperation and how to carry out attacks. This will strengthen Iran." Levi also said: "Whenever any state has cyber defence capabilities, it would seek developing it. In the case of Iran, these efforts will be targeting Israel."

A poll from YouGov and The Economist has found that former President Obama was named the best U.S. president while former President Trump was named the worst. Obama barely beat Abraham Lincoln as best U.S. president with 18 percent. Trump was at 13 percent with people naming him the best president. Among the worst, Trump got the highest percentage at 46 percent while Obama got the second highest at 24 percent.  Trump ended his presidency on what some would call a disastrous note as his approval rating leaving office was at its lowest point. Trump hit that rating after months of peddling election conspiracy theories and being impeached by the House again on a charge of incitement of violence the day of the Capitol riot Jan. 6. The poll found that 43 percent of people believe Trump had a lot of responsibility for the riot with 47 percent saying the Senate should vote to convict Trump. Even though 53 percent do not believe Trump should be allowed to run for office again, this will onl...

 Turkey summoned the United States ambassador to Ankara on Monday to convey “in the strongest terms” its reaction to a statement on the killing of 13 kidnapped Turks in Iraq, which President Tayyip Erdogan called “a farce”. Turkey said on Sunday fighters from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) executed the captives, including Turkish military and police personnel, amid a military operation in northern Iraq where the group was holding them. The US said it stood by fellow NATO member Turkey and that it condemned the killings if it was confirmed that responsibility lay with the PKK. Ankara, already angered by Washington’s partnership with Kurdish fighters in neighbouring Syria, was infuriated by the conditionality of the US statement. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the United States of supporting “terrorists”. “The statement made by the United States is a farce,” Erdogan said on Monday. “You said you did not support terrorists, when in fact you are on their sid...

 Turkey on Monday reported 7,945 new coronavirus cases, including 660 symptomatic patients, and 91 more fatalities. The overall case count has now topped 2.59 million, with the death toll reaching 27,562, according to the Health Ministry. Some 7,106 more patients won their battle against the virus, bringing the total number of recoveries past 2.48 million. The number of COVID-19 patients in critical condition stands at 1,232, the latest figures showed. Over 31.63 million tests have been done in Turkey to date, including 116,452 more over the past day. On Jan. 14 Turkey kicked off a mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign starting with healthcare workers. Since last December, Turkey has had curfews on weeknights and weekends to curb the spread of the virus. Since December 2019, when it first appeared, the pandemic has claimed more than 2.4 million lives in 192 countries and regions. Nearly 109 million cases have been reported worldwide, with recoveries now above 61.2 million, according t...