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by Delil Souleiman Agence France-Presse RAQA, Syria (AFP) – Khalil al-Hussein fled the Islamic State group’s Syrian stronghold Raqa 18 months ago, but now he is back and fighting to help oust the jihadists from his hometown. The 25-year-old is one of several members of a Kurdish-Arab alliance fighting IS who are originally from the northern city. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces began an operation to capture Raqa last year, and finally entered the city […]
by Katy Lee Agence France Presse Questions arose Tuesday over how a known radical Islamist who rammed a car into a police van on Paris’s Champs-Elysees was able to hold a gun license. Adam Djaziri, a 31-year-old who had been on a watchlist for radical Islamists since 2015, was killed on Monday as his car loaded with a gas canister smashed into the van on the French capital’s most famous avenue. Two handguns and a […]
by Hiroshi HIYAMA Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) – The US Navy’s top commander visited Japan Tuesday to meet the grieving families of seven sailors killed in a weekend accident, as investigators probe questions over the timing of the collision with a container ship. Admiral John Richardson arrived at the US naval base in Yokosuka on the outskirts of Tokyo to meet bereaved relatives and officers who served on the USS Fitzgerald. “It’s an intimate […]
PARIS, France (AFP) – French Defense Minister Sylvie Goulard announced her resignation on Tuesday over a fake jobs scandal that has hit her small centrist MoDem party, allied with President Emmanuel Macron’s party. Goulard, who was previously a member of the European Parliament, said she could not remain in the government while there was a possibility that she could be investigated over alleged misuse of expenses at the parliament. © Agence France-Presse
BELGIUM (Reuters) – The United Kingdom and the European Union have taken the first step towards starting the formal negotiations over the UK’s breakaway from the EU, chief negotiators from both sides announced on Monday. The announcement was made at a press conference following the first meeting between the two lead negotiators – Michel Barnier on behalf of the EU and David Davis on behalf of the UK, at the EU headquarters in Brussels on […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korea’s military plans to conduct a joint drill with two U.S. supersonic B-1B Lancer bombers on Tuesday (June 20) as part of a scheduled exercise, an air force official told reporters. The official told reporters during a briefing the drill will also involve two South Korean F-15K fighter jets without elaborating on the nature of the drill or when it will be carried out. Tensions on the Korean peninsula […]
PARIS, France (Reuters) – The 52nd Paris Air Show on Monday unveiled products by 2,300 firms in over 50 countries, including some new models from China. French President Emmanuel Macron was present at the opening session of the air show at Bourget. Amid various civil and military aviation products, China’s home-grown aircrafts drew spotlights. Also on show are civilian aircraft, warplanes, drones and military hardware from other countries. The high-profile event is expected to attract 350,000 […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) – The tour agency that took US student Otto Warmbier to Pyongyang said Tuesday it would stop taking Americans to the reclusive state after the 22-year-old died following 18 months in North Korean detention. Warmbier was medically evacuated to the United States last week, suffering from severe brain damage. He died six days later in his home town of Cincinnati, Ohio, with US President Donald Trump blaming Pyongyang’s “brutal regime” for […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (Reuters) – London Mayor Sadiq Khan joined Muslim worshippers on Monday evening (June 19), less than 24 hours after a man driving a van had targeted a group leaving the same centre in north London, and praised the city’s response to the attack. After attending prayers at the Muslim Welfare House, near Finsbury Park Mosque, Khan said London would not allow any such action to divide communities. “What you’ve seen over the […]
BAMAKO, Mali (Reuters) – A new alliance of Islamist militant groups linked to al Qaeda on Monday (June 19) claimed responsibility for an attack that killed at least five people at a Mali luxury resort popular with Western expatriates just outside the capital Bamako. The militants’ al-Zallaqa Media Foundation posted a statement on its Telegram channel saying that al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Mali, Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen, had said the attack bears a message to the […]
ARIZONA, United States (Reuters) – American Airlines on Monday (June 19) announced the cancellation of some 38 flights in and out of Phoenix, Arizona, on Tuesday and Wednesday because of extreme heat, local media reported. The airline earlier had advised passengers flying in or out of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport that the intense heat, which can affect the operation of jet airline engines, could cause flight delays or cancellations. The airline said that Phoenix […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (Reuters) – Activists, human-rights lawyers and journalists in Mexico filed a criminal complaint on Monday (June 19) following a report that their smartphones had been infected with spying software sold to the government to fight criminals and terrorists. The complaint to the attorney general’s office by nine people followed a report by the New York Times that some of them had been spied on with software known as Pegasus, which Israeli company […]
