India, Oct. 15 -- WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that the planned firing squad execution of Fort Hood mass killer Nidal Hasan will not be livestreamed to the public, walking back a plan championed by US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth that had triggered an extraordinary coalition of opposition spanning the Vatican, the United Nations, Republican senators, senior retired military commanders and his own vice president.

"I think streaming the execution for all to see might have been a strong deterrent for the World to witness how America deals with Terrorists and SCUM like Hasan but, many very good and well meaning people would rather not watch him die, through streaming, or through any other visual device," Trum...