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Charlotte Charles, mother of 19-year-old Harry Dunn, is seen in Charlton, England, on Tuesday. Dunn's family lost a court battle with the U.K. government over whether the American driver who fatally struck their son had diplomatic immunity.

Parents Of Man Killed In U.K. Crash Lose Their Challenge To U.S. Diplomatic Immunity

2:29pm November 24, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

Harry Dunn's family argued the U.K. government had wrongly granted Anne Sacoolas diplomatic immunity. Sacoolas, the wife of a U.S. diplomat, is charged in his death but fled to the U.S.

U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walk up the stairs in the Foreign Office in London on Tuesday.

U.S., U.K. Change Diplomatic Immunity Rules After British Man Was Killed

4:31pm July 22, 2020

by Matthew S. Schwartz

The change in policy comes nearly a year after the death of Harry Dunn, a 19-year-old. The wife of a U.S. diplomat is accused of killing him as she was driving on the wrong side of the road.

A motorbike convoy in November follows the last ride of Harry Dunn, who died when his motorbike was involved in a head-on collision in August 2019, near RAF Croughton, in Brackley, England.

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U.S. Won't Hand Over American Diplomat's Wife Wanted In Fatal U.K. Car Crash

11:44am January 24, 2020

by Scott Neuman

The State Department says Anne Sacoolas has diplomatic immunity and will not be returned to face dangerous driving charges related to the Aug. 27 death of 19-year-old Harry Dunn.

Hoda Muthana was held in al-Hol camp, which houses relatives of Islamic State group members in northeastern Syria. She was recently transferred to a different detention camp.

Judge Rules That U.S.-Born Woman Who Joined ISIS Is Not A U.S. Citizen

3:22pm November 15, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

Hoda Muthana, a 25-year-old who was a student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham when she traveled to Syria, is currently imprisoned at a detention camp in northern Syria with her young son.

British authorities are asking that Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a U.S. diplomat, return to the U.K. for a police investigation of a crash that killed 19-year-old Harry Dunn. The fatal incident occurred in late August outside England's Royal Air Force Croug

Wife Of U.S. Diplomat Flees U.K. After Fatal Car Crash, Avoiding Police Investigation

5:18pm October 07, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he hopes the woman will return to face justice. The State Department says the immunity given to diplomats and their family members overseas "is rarely waived."