It started with a warning to watch her back, that people were ``looking to hurt'' her. From there, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch told House investigators, it escalated into a chilling campaign to fire her as President Donald Trump and his allies angled in Eastern Europe for political advantage at home. That's from testimony released on Monday, which offered a first word-for-word look at the closed-door House impeachment hearings. To dive a little deeper into the topic, International Edition’s Steve Miller spoke to August University political science professor Craig Albert. Plus updates from the Middle East, Hong Kong, and more.

U.S. House of Representatives committees conducting an impeachment probe of President Donald Trump released the first transcripts of one of their closed-door witness interviews on Monday. The transcripts were of interviews with former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch and Michael McKinley, a former senior advisor to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Democrats and Republicans continue to spar as the US House of Representatives prepares for public hearings in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.

The new U.S.-constructed air base in Agadez, Niger, is now fully operational, carrying out its first unmanned intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance flights this week, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) told VOA Friday.

The Islamic State group declared a new leader Thursday after it confirmed the death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a US raid in Syria.

The US House of Representatives took to the floor to vote on the rules regarding the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry with Republicans continuing to cry foul. But is that case? We hear from a constitutional law expert and lawyer. AND... We take a look at the significance of the Washington Nationals winning the World Series. Those stories and more are next.

Democratic and Republican House lawmakers heard fresh testimony about the Trump administration's unusual back channels to Ukraine as part of the impeachment investigation underway on Capitol Hill. A full House vote on the impeachment inquiry is scheduled for Thursday.