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Pentagon repatriates Guantanamo Bay detainee to Tunisia
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 31, 2024 Guantanamo Bay detainee Ridah bin Salah al-Yazidi was repatriated to Tunisia, leaving 26 remaining at the Cuba-based U.S. military facility, the Pentagon said on Monday. Yazidi was one of the original Guantanamo Bay detainees, being placed in the facility the day it opened on Jan. 11, 2002, located at the Camp IV Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, but he was never charged. Yazidi was determined transfer-eligible by a rigorous interagency review process established by 2009 Executive Order 13492," ... read more |
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Global condemnation, condolences for New Orleans attackParis (AFP) Jan 2, 2025 International condemnation poured in Wednesday for the attack on a crowd of New Year's Eve revellers in New Orleans which killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens more. ... more 
Syrian medics say were coerced into false chemical attack testimonyDouma, Syria (AFP) Dec 23, 2024 Two Syrian doctors and a nurse told AFP in a series of interviews over the weekend that Bashar al-Assad's government coerced them into providing false testimony to international investigators after a deadly 2018 chlorine attack. ... more 
US transfers two from Guantanamo Bay to Malaysia following Kenya transferWashington DC (UPI) Dec 18, 2024 Two men held at Guantanamo Bay for 18 years in connection with the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed more than 200 people were repatriated to Malaysia on Wednesday, U.S. authorities said. ... more 
Rapes, torture, killings -- a litany of abuses blamed on Assad forcesParis (AFP) Dec 12, 2024 Bashar al-Assad's government has been accused of carrying out torture, rape, summary executions and other abuses since since Syria's civil war started in 2011. ... more |
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Chemical weapons watchdog says banned gas found in Ukraine samplesThe Hague (AFP) Nov 18, 2024 The international chemical weapons watchdog said Monday that banned CS riot gas had been found in shell and soil samples provided by Ukraine from the zone where it is fighting Russian forces. ... more 
Thai military accused of beating Myanmar man to deathBangkok (AFP) Nov 14, 2024 A human rights organisation on Thursday accused the Thai military of torturing and killing a Myanmar man near the border between the two countries this year. ... more 
Syrians, Iraqis archive IS jail crimes in virtual museumParis (AFP) Nov 10, 2024 After jihadists jailed him in 2014, Iraqi religious scholar Muhammad al-Attar said he would sometimes pull his prison blanket over his head to cry without other detainees noticing. ... more
U.S. military judge rules government plea deals with 9/11 suspects are 'enforceable contracts'Washington DC (UPI) Nov 7, 2024 Plea deals for 9/11 alleged mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and two other suspects in the 2001 attacks on the United States to receive life in prison instead of the death penalty have been upheld by a U.S. military judge. ... more 
Poland alleges 'foreign agents' plotted using int'l parcel couriers to target transatlantic air trafficWashington DC (UPI) Nov 5, 2024 Polish authorities said Tuesday that a series of parcel-borne arson attacks against logistics providers in Poland, Germany and Britain were test runs for a campaign targeting transatlantic flights from Europe to the United States and Canada. ... more |
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American strikes killed up to 35 jihadists in Syria: US military
Washington (AFP) Oct 30, 2024 American air strikes killed up to 35 Islamic State group members in Syria earlier this week, the US military said Wednesday. It is the latest in a series of operations in recent months by US and local forces in Iraq and Syria against the jihadists, who once held swathes of territory in both countries. "The strikes targeted multiple ISIS locations in the Syrian desert, targeting multiple ISIS senior leaders," US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on social media, using an acronym for the Islamic Stat ... read more 
Ex-US Marine sentenced to seven years for white supremacist plotWashington (AFP) Oct 28, 2024 A former US Marine was sentenced to seven years in prison on Monday for his role in a white supremacist plot to destroy power facilities. ... more |
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Iraq says killed top Islamic State group figure Baghdad (AFP) Oct 22, 2024 Iraqi forces have killed nine Islamic State (IS) group commanders, including the jihadists' top figure in the country, Baghdad announced Tuesday, with the Pentagon saying two US troops were injured during the raid. ... more
Iraqi strikes killed senior Islamic State group leader: USWashington (AFP) Oct 18, 2024 Iraqi air strikes killed a senior Islamic State group leader and three other militants, the US military announced Friday, saying the strikes were enabled by intelligence from the international anti-jihadist coalition. ... more 
Colombian leader 'nervous' about threats to UN nature talks in CaliBogota (AFP) Oct 18, 2024 Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Friday he was "nervous" about threats to the UN biodiversity meeting his country will host in the city of Cali from Monday. ... more 
Colombia boosts security for biodiversity meet after rebel threatsBogota (AFP) Oct 15, 2024 Colombia said Monday it has strengthened security around the city of Cali, which hosts a global biodiversity summit starting next week, following threats from a guerrilla group at war with the government. ... more
US forces strike Islamic State group in SyriaWashington (AFP) Oct 12, 2024 US forces have conducted air strikes against multiple Islamic State group sites in Syria, the military said Saturday. ... more |
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