ALEXANDRIA, Va. — An Islamic State group member was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison for aiding the terrorist organization that took credit for a suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members and about 160 Afghans at the Kabul airport five years ago during the American military’s chaotic withdrawal from the country. A
WASHINGTON — A trial in the U.S. for a former Libyan intelligence official charged in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland is on track to start in January after a delay caused by the discovery of new evidence in the decades-old case. A federal judge presiding over the case against Abu
The Owen sisters may be back in “Practical Magic 2” 28 years after Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock first played the sibling witches, but that doesn’t mean the first movie’s outing doesn’t still sting a little. The original “Practical Magic” was a critical and box office failure before earning cult classic status over the last
A Libyan who was cleared after standing trial over the Lockerbie bombing has died aged 70. Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah was accused of murdering 270 people in the attack on Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988. He was found not guilty but a second Libyan, Abdulbasset Al Megrahi, was convicted of playing a key
Campaigner Kara Weipz, who is president of the Victims of Pan Am Flight 103 group, said she was “floored” when she received the news that the trial had been postponed. She told the BBC’s Radio Scotland Breakfast programme that she would pray that older relatives of victims would “remain healthy” so they can see the
Dubai: Iran will stop its own attacks as long as the United States does the same, a senior Iranian official said. The United States paused its bombing campaign after President Donald Trump’s advisers told him they were running out of targets and expressed concern about the depletion of the American arsenal. After 13 nights of
