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Shock video sparks horror at France attacks trial
Shock video sparks horror at France attacks trial
by  AFP

A video showing how an Islamist extremist ploughed his truck into a crowd in Nice killing 86 people while France was celebrating its national day sparked anguish and horror at the attack trial on Thursday. The trial, which is set to last until December 16, is the latest legal process over the wave of Islamist attacks that have struck France since 2015. aje-ebe/jh/js/ach

Florida governor flies migrants to toney Martha's Vineyard
Florida governor flies migrants to toney Martha's Vineyard
by  AFP

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis took credit Thursday for sending two planeloads of undocumented Venezuelans to wealthy Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, as Republicans play up immigration issues before the November election. "Immigrants are being dropped off on Martha's Vineyard by chartered flights from Texas.

Iranian woman in coma after morality police arrest: activists
Iranian woman in coma after morality police arrest: activists
by  AFP

A young Iranian woman is in a coma and fighting for her life after being arrested in Tehran by the Islamic republic's morality police, campaigners said Thursday. In mid-July, a young Iranian woman, Sepideh Rashno, disappeared in mid-July after becoming involved with a dispute on a Tehran bus with another woman who accused her of removing her headscarf.

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