Day: April 29, 2017

    Retired Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill, who says he shot and killed Osama bin Laden, poses for a portrait in Washington. The hunt for Osama bin Laden took almost a decade and cost hundreds of millions of pounds. When the architect of the horror of 9/11 was finally tracked down to a high-security compound in Pakistan in May 2011, a team of elite US Navy Seals was sent in to action. Among them was Robert O’Neill, who became known as the man who killed Bin Laden. Here, from his book The Operator, Robert tells how he came face to face with the most wanted man on the planet… We were in Pakistan and we knew we could get shot down at any minute. Thoughts start running through your mind: How does it feel when a helicopter blows up? How long does it take to die? The copter door opened. W...

    After 19 years living and working in the US, paying taxes and raising a family, Mario Hernandez Delacruz, was deported to a country he had not seen for two decades. His daughter, Estrella Garcia, and one of her younger sisters, drove him to the airport in the family’s Jeep Wrangler where he caught a flight to Mexico. On the way, they talked about their plan to carry on appealing his right to live in the US; on the way home, there were just tears. Mr Delacruz has been forced to leave his family in Michigan (Courtesy of family) My mother has been so depressed. My two sisters - aged 15 and 12 - cannot concentrate at school. I’ve have to carry on because I’m now the head of the family, said Ms Garcia, seated in family’s modest home in south-west Detroit. I don’t think [Trump] ...

    US President Donald Trump said that North Korea disrespected China by attempting to launch another ballistic missile. President Donald Trump said Friday that North Korea had "disrespected" China by attempting to launch another ballistic missile. Trump has said he is counting on Chinese President Xi Jinping to encourage North Korea to give up its pursuit of ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs. Trump has also said he thinks Xi will do the right thing. China is North Korea's benefactor. But Trump has also threatened to go it alone if Xi fails to deliver. South Korea's military said Friday afternoon that North Korea had fired the missile from an area near the capital of Pyongyang, but provided no details. U.S. and South Korean officials said the launch apparently fa...