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US releases trove of secret files on Kennedy assassination
AFP, Published on 16/12/2021
» WASHINGTON - US authorities released thousands of pages of secret documents Wednesday on president John F. Kennedy's assassination, a case that still fuels conspiracy theories despite the official conclusion he was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald.
Trump slammed for 'silence' on white supremacist threat
AFP, Published on 18/03/2019
» WASHINGTON - Democrats led by an Arab-American lawmaker attacked President Donald Trump's "silence" on the rise of white supremacy Sunday as reaction to the New Zealand mosque massacre spilled into a heated US debate over religious and racial bigotry.
US Defense Secretary Mattis resigns over Syria pullout
AFP, Published on 21/12/2018
» WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigned on Thursday, leading a chorus of protests at home and abroad after President Donald Trump ordered a complete troop pullout from Syria and a significant withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Neo-Nazi guilty of murder in Charlottesville rampage
AFP, Published on 08/12/2018
» WASHINGTON: A 21-year-old Nazi sympathizer was found guilty of first-degree murder on Friday, 16 months after ramming his car into counter-protesters at a white supremacist rally in the US city of Charlottesville.
Lula remains in jail as Brazil judge voids shock release order
AFP, Published on 09/07/2018
» RIO DE JANEIRO - A Brazilian appeals court judge Sunday ruled former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must remain in jail, in a dizzying day of judicial orders and counter-orders months before the country's presidential vote.
Canada IS sympathizer shot dead after setting off explosives: police
AFP, Published on 12/08/2016
» OTTAWA - A Canadian man who had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in a video was shot dead in a taxi after setting off an explosive device, police said Thursday.
Obama slams Trump's 'loose talk' on Muslims
AFP, Published on 15/06/2016
» WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama assailed Donald Trump and the Republican party for "loose talk" and anti-Muslim rhetoric Tuesday, warning that their populist election message was dangerous and un-American.
Man who shot Philadelphia cop is IS sympathizer: police
AFP, Published on 09/01/2016
» NEW YORK - A self-professed sympathizer of the Islamic State extremist group shot and seriously wounded a police officer in Philadelphia, opening fire at least 11 times with a stolen weapon, police said Friday.
Japan outraged as video purportedly shows hostage beheaded
Published on 01/02/2015
» TOKYO — Japan and other nations condemned with outrage and horror on Sunday the beheading purportedly by the Islamic State group of Kenji Goto, a journalist who sought through his coverage of Syria to convey the plight of refugees, children and other victims of war.