Guantanamo Bay

Obama Makes Final Request To Republican-Led Congress To Shut Guantanamo

President Obama has urged the congress to have a fair hearing to approve the closure of Guantanamo a...

Feb 24, 2016 06:49 AM EST

Obama asks Republican-led congress to give Guantanamo Bay proposal a 'fair hearing'; Lawmakers propose bills to block plan

President Barack Obama asks Republican lawmakers to be fair in hearing his proposal of closing down ...

Feb 24, 2016 03:10 AM EST

Judge Tells 9/11 Suspect to File Motion to Change Lawyer

A judge informed a Yemeni man suspected to have carried out the 9/11 bombings to keep his lawyers un...

Feb 22, 2016 03:58 AM EST

U.S. soldier Bergdahl may face life sentence in court-martial over desertion

U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who walked away from his post in Afghanistan and became a Taliban ...

Dec 15, 2015 03:21 AM EST

Pentagon says five Guantanamo detainees transferred to United Arab Emirates

Five detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were transferred to the governme...

Nov 15, 2015 08:51 PM EST

Amid renewed U.S.-Cuba ties, U.N. condemns embargo for 24th year

The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday condemned a U.S. trade embargo on Cuba for the 24th y...

Oct 27, 2015 10:43 PM EDT

U.S. concerned by Russian operations near undersea cables: NY Times

The presence of Russian submarines and spy ships near undersea cables carrying most global Internet ...

Oct 26, 2015 07:27 AM EDT

Pentagon announces transfer of Guantanamo detainee to Saudi Arabia

The United States has transferred Abdul Shalabi, a detainee at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay...

Sep 22, 2015 05:57 PM EDT

Senate report 'proves Lithuania hosted CIA jail': detainee's lawyers

A U.S. Senate report on CIA interrogations proves beyond doubt that Lithuania knowingly hosted one o...

Sep 18, 2015 01:38 AM EDT

U.S., Cuba set agenda on improving relations

Cuba and the United States on Friday set an agenda for improving relations, putting a priority on mo...

Sep 12, 2015 02:07 AM EDT

Walkout at Taliban leadership meeting raises specter of split

At the Taliban meeting this week where Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour was named as the Islamist mili...

Aug 01, 2015 06:38 AM EDT

U.S. Navy investigates report of cancer cluster at Guantanamo

The U.S. Navy is investigating a complaint that seeks the evacuation of civilian and military lawyer...

Jul 27, 2015 06:54 PM EDT

Castro sees Cuba, U.S. breaking with past, coexisting in peace

Cuba is prepared to break with the contentious past and peacefully coexist with the United States, C...

Jul 15, 2015 05:35 PM EDT

Defense chief working on plan to close Guantanamo prison

U.S Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Friday he was working with the White House to prepare a pro...

Jun 05, 2015 07:07 PM EDT

High cost, slow pace of Guantanamo proceedings become issue at hearing

The years-long pace of bringing al Qaeda suspects at Guantanamo Bay to trial emerged as a key issue ...

Feb 23, 2015 10:46 PM EST

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