Senator John McCain (R-AZ) departs the Senate floor after the body's first vote upon returning from their August recess at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. September 5, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/FilesWASHINGTON -24 Aug 2018: US Senator John McCain, who was diagnosed with brain cancer last year, has made the decision to discontinue medical treatment, CNN quoted his family as saying in a statement on Friday. "Last summer, Senator John McCain shared with Americans the news our family already knew: he had been diagnosed with an aggressive glioblastoma, and the prognosis was serious. In the year since, John has surpassed expectations for his survival. But the progress of disease and the inexorable advance of age render their verdict.

Source: Egypt Today August 24, 2018 17:15 UTC