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CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — Otto Warmbier, the US student released by North Korea in a coma last week after more than a year in detention, has died, his family said Monday. The 22-year-old, who had suffered severe brain damage, was medically evacuated to the United States on June 13. He died Monday at 2:20 pm (1820 GMT), surrounded by relatives in his home town of Cincinnati, Ohio. “It is our sad duty to report […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – A tight-knit Muslim community in the Virginia suburbs of Washington was grieving Monday after a teenager was apparently assaulted and killed as she left a local mosque. Friend and worshippers at the mosque, known as the All Dulles Area Muslim Society, have identified the teen as 17-year-old Nabra Hassanen of Reston, who had disappeared for several hours Sunday. While remains believed to belong to the teen were still being examined, […]
by Thomas Urbain Agence France Presse NORRISToWN, United States — A United States judge declared a mistrial Saturday in Bill Cosby’s case with the jury deadlocked on whether the disgraced star drugged and molested a woman in 2004, as prosecutors vowed to seek a retrial. It was a stunning development — and a momentary victory — for the 79-year-old pioneering black entertainer who risked spending the rest of his life in prison if convicted of […]
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuba’s government on Friday criticized new restrictions on ties with the United States that were announced by Donald Trump, but reiterated its willingness to hold “respectful dialogue” with Washington. “The government of Cuba denounces the new measures toughening the embargo” imposed on the island nation since 1962, according to a statement read on state television. However, Havana “reiterates its willingness to continue the respectful dialogue and cooperation” that has taken […]
by Nova Safo Agence France Presse CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — Doctors treating Otto Warmbier, the United States student released by North Korea in a coma this week, said Thursday the 22-year-old had suffered severe brain damage, as his father lashed out at the reclusive regime. Warmbier experienced extensive tissue loss in all regions of the brain, doctors said, but he showed no signs of physical trauma and medical tests offered no conclusive evidence […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and his Qatari counterpart Khalid al-Attiyah signed a letter of agreement Wednesday for a $12-billion sale of US-manufactured F-15 fighters, the Pentagon said. The sale comes amid a simmering crisis in the Gulf after Qatar’s neighbors accused it of supporting terrorism and cut diplomatic ties. US President Donald Trump has signalled his support for the Saudi-led move but other US officials have been […]
by Thomas Watkins, with Michael Mathes in Washington Agence France Presse ALEXANDRIA, United States (AFP) — A rifle-wielding critic of President Donald Trump opened fire Wednesday on United States lawmakers practising for a charity baseball game, seriously wounding a top Republican congressman and three others before he was killed by police. The 66-year-old gunman was identified as James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, Illinois, an ardent supporter of liberal Senator Bernie Sanders — who said he […]
by Thomas Watkins Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has vowed that the Trump administration will not repeat the “mistakes of the past” in Afghanistan, after the president signaled a desire to give the Pentagon wide latitude in setting war-fighting policy. But given Afghanistan’s violent history and the fate of successive presidents’ efforts to score some sort of victory there, analysts are not confident of Mattis’s chances of […]
by Paul Handley Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States — James T. Hodgkinson, the rifle-toting 66-year-old who opened fire on a Republican lawmakers practicing for a baseball game Wednesday, was a fervent fan of leftist Senator Bernie Sanders, and disdained President Donald Trump. He showed no previous signs of violent extremism and his attack shocked people who knew him as “Hodges,” a popular, “laid-back” blue-collar worker in his hometown of Belleville, Illinois. But he was […]
WASHINGTON, Republican lawmaker Steve Scalise, one of five people shot by a gunman during practice for a charity baseball game, remained in critical condition following surgery, the hospital treating him said. “Rep. Scalise was critically injured and remains in critical condition,” said MedStar Washington Hospital in a statement via Twitter. Earlier in the day his condition had been described as stable, and he had spoken by telephone with his wife. The gunman, identified in the […]
By Thomas Watkins Agence France Presse ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — At least five people people including a top Republican congressman were wounded in a Washington suburb early Wednesday morning when a shooting erupted as they practiced for an annual baseball game between lawmakers. Senior congressman Steve Scalise was shot in the hip, according to fellow Republican lawmaker Mo Brooks who told CNN at least two law enforcement officers and one congressional staffer were also shot in […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump voiced sadness Wednesday after a shooting at a baseball practice in a Washington suburb left a top congressman and several other people wounded. “We are deeply saddened by this tragedy,” Trump said in a statement, adding that he was closely monitoring the developments in Alexandria, Virginia just outside the United States capital, where police have arrested the unidentified gunman. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the members […]
