Guantanamo

Barack Obama, Raul Castro spar on human rights violations in Cuba

U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro aired their differences on the existence...

Mar 22, 2016 01:40 AM EDT

Obama to submit Guantanamo prison closure plan; Proposal is illegal according to opposing lawmakers

The Pentagon will submitt its proposal regarding the shut down of the Guantanamo prison facility. Mo...

Feb 23, 2016 12:35 AM EST

At U.N., Castro says U.S. must end embargo to have normal Cuba ties

Cuban President Raul Castro told the U.N. General Assembly on Monday that normal relations with the ...

Sep 28, 2015 06:20 PM EDT

U.S. government blocks release of new CIA torture details

U.S. government officials have blocked the release of 116 pages of defense lawyers' notes detailing ...

Sep 10, 2015 07:42 PM EDT

Some Guantanamo inmates would go to U.S. under new plan: Obama aide

A plan being drafted for closing the Guantanamo military jail will call for the transfer to U.S. pri...

Jul 27, 2015 09:52 AM EDT

White House says it is drafting plan to close Guantanamo

The White House said on Wednesday it was in the final stage of drafting a plan for closing the Guant...

Jul 22, 2015 07:00 PM EDT

Cuba opens Washington embassy, urges end to embargo

The Cuban flag was raised over Havana’s embassy in Washington on Monday for the first time in 54 y...

Jul 20, 2015 06:52 PM EDT

U.S. sends six Yemeni prisoners from Guantanamo to Oman for resettlement

Six Yemenis held for more than a decade at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo have been flown to...

Jun 13, 2015 05:28 AM EDT

U.S. top court blocks suit by Syrian former Guantanamo detainee

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal filed by a Syrian former detainee at ...

Mar 09, 2015 10:21 AM EDT

Lawyer for former Australian Guantanamo detainee says U.S. agrees he is innocent

The United States has agreed that Australian David Hicks, jailed on terrorism charges for five years...

Jan 22, 2015 09:12 PM EST

Five Yemenis transferred from U.S. custody at Guantanamo: Pentagon

The Pentagon transferred five Yemenis held at Guantanamo prison to foreign custody on Wednesday in t...

Jan 15, 2015 04:55 AM EST

U.S. sends five Guantanamo prisoners to Kazakhstan for resettlement

Three Yemenis and two Tunisians held for more than a decade at the U.S. military prison at Guantanam...

Dec 31, 2014 12:33 AM EST

Obama signs nearly $578 billion defense bill for fiscal 2015

President Barack Obama signed an annual defense policy bill on Friday that authorizes U.S. training ...

Dec 21, 2014 04:06 AM EST

U.S. sends four Guantanamo prisoners home to Afghanistan

Four Afghans held for over a decade at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been s...

Dec 21, 2014 03:28 AM EST

Did torture really help U.S. find al Qaeda chief Hambali?

Hailed as a major success in the U.S. "war on terror," the capture of Indonesian cleric Hambali if o...

Dec 11, 2014 06:25 AM EST

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