July 17th, 2026 - 09:33 GMT
ALBAWABA — U.S. President Donald Trump fired a freshly appointed federal prosecutor in Washington state less than an hour after he took office, opening a new legal dispute over the extent of presidential power to remove court-assigned prosecutors. Former judge and veteran federal prosecutor Roger Rogoff was unanimously chosen by U.S. District Court judges in the Western District of Washington to lead the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Seattle once a ...
![Rescue teams and local residents gather at the scene of a car bomb explosion in Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik on January 21, 2014. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/News/000_Nic6287728.jpg?itok=jDRKKc7m "Rescue teams and local residents gather at the scene of a car bomb explosion in Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik on January 21, 2014. [AFP]")
![A body seen trapped under rubble after the most recent attack on Aleppo. More than 130,000 people have been killed in Syria's nearly three-year war. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/000_Nic6287883.jpg?itok=LFoqoFNa "A body seen trapped under rubble after the most recent attack on Aleppo. More than 130,000 people have been killed in Syria's nearly three-year war. [AFP]")
