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The leader of last month’s failed coup in Burkina Faso, General Gilbert Diendere, has been charged with crimes against humanity, a senior military justice official said on Friday. The elite presidential guard led by Diendere took the country’s president, prime minister and cabinet members hostage, soon before scheduled elections. “General Diendere is being prosecuted for crimes against humanity … We have formally charged 23 people,” Colonel Sita Sangare, Burkina Faso’s
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The American archbishop who welcomed Pope Francis to the final rally of his U.S. tour warned Friday that Francis’ big family summit of bishops risks doing serious harm to the Catholic faith if it endorses changes to the church’s practice on marriage.
French film-maker Luc Besson was found guilty earlier this year of plagiarising cult classic “Escape From New York” with his sci-fi thriller “Lockout”, according to documents seen by AFP on Friday. US director John Carpenter sued the makers of the 2012 film after spotting a slew of similarities with his 1981 science fiction favourite, in which Manhattan is turned into a huge prison island and Kurt Russell plays iconic anti-hero
PRAGUE (AP) — Hundreds of people are beating drums in Prague to mark the 74th anniversary of the first Czech Jews sent to Nazi death camps during World War II.
A close adviser tells former staffers that Biden will need help from all of them if he runs.
Palestinians torched a site revered by Jews in the West Bank in an incident that threatened to further inflame two weeks of deadly unrest, as fresh protests erupted Friday. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, under pressure over recent comments that some have labelled incitement, quickly condemned the fire at Joseph’s Tomb, in the northern city of Nablus. The arson came as Palestinians called for a “Friday of revolution” against Israel, and
During a Q&A in San Antonio, Texas, with the president of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Javier Palomarez, Clinton was asked her thoughts on the young, Hispanic U.S. Housing and Urban Development secretary as her possible running mate. Both he and his twin brother are just among the best young leaders in America, regardless of category or the fact that they come from San Antonio,” Clinton said, referring to
The number of assaults by inmates on guards in the city’s jails rose 46 percent and use-of-force incidents by uniformed personnel increased 27 percent in fiscal year 2015, which ended June 30, compared to the prior year, the report released on Friday by city Comptroller Scott Stringer showed. Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration has made reforming the city’s jails a priority in response to widespread allegations of violence at Rikers
Local fire departments were working to extinguish the blaze, which could be seen lighting up the night sky for miles around according to pictures captured on local media. “Multiple fire departments that responded this morning have contained the fire and the immediate danger to surrounding residents and motorists is over,” the La Salle County Sheriff’s office said on its Facebook page. The Encinal City Manager’s office said there have been
Residents have been forced to evacuate more than 400 homes due to a wildfire in central Texas that has destroyed more than 40 structures and prompted Governor Greg Abbott to declare a state of disaster, officials said on Friday. With a large air tanker designed to fight wildfires and more resources on their way to Bastrop County, east of Austin, authorities said they hoped to bring under control the so-called
