Guantanamo Bay

Oldest Guantanamo Bay prisoner to be extradited to Pakistan soon, says US govt

Saifullah Paracha, who has been held on suspicion of ties to Al Qaeda but never charged with a crime, will soon returning to Pakistan

'More I cooperated, the more I was tortured': Guantanamo detainee sentenced after detailing CIA torture

Accused in the September 11 attacks, a Pakistani was held at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who told a sentencing jury how he was raped, beaten and waterboarded by CIA interrogators

Focusing on 'necessity of continuing dialogue', Qatar urges world leaders not to boycott Taliban

Qatar is a close US ally and hosts the largest US military base in the Middle East, but the tiny Gulf Arab state also has some sway with the Taliban

Trial of 'mastermind' behind 9/11 attacks resumes: Who is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed?

Mohammed is currently captive in a high-security cell at Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay on the US naval base

Reportage of sparse policing in Alaska villages wins Pulitzer Prize; coverage of Kashmir clampdown, Hong Kong protests gets photography awards

he Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica won the Pulitzer Prize in public service Monday for illuminating the sparse policing of remote Alaska villages, as a delayed awards ceremony recognized writing, photos and — for the first time — audio reporting

Decade after Barack Obama outlawed CIA's torture programme, an illustrated guide to just what the ordeal entailed

CIA torture techniques: Published here for the first time, they are gritty and highly personal depictions that put flesh, bones and emotion on what until now had sometimes been portrayed in popular culture in sanitised or inaccurate ways: the so-called enhanced interrogations techniques used by the United States in secret overseas prisons during a feverish pursuit of al-Qaida after the 11 September, 2001, attacks.

Julian Assange's journey from political asylum at Ecuadorian Embassy to prison: A timeline of key events in legal saga

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's seven-year hideout in Ecuador's London embassy came to an end on Thursday when British police dragged him out and arrested him based on an extradition request put across by the US.

Boeing 737 flight, with 136 onboard, crashes into Florida waters near Jacksonville; no casualties reported

There were no reports of fatalities but local WOKV-TV that at least two people suffered minor injuries and that the plane was attempting to land during a heavy thunderstorm.

State of the Union 2018: Donald Trump mixes self-congratulation with warnings about gangs, drugs and violent immigrants

Donald Trump's address blended self-congratulation and calls for optimism amid a growing economy with ominous warnings.

UN rapporteur says torture of 9/11 attack accused continues at US detention centre in Guantanamo Bay

UN's top expert on torture said reports from sources indicated at least one inmate was still being tortured at the US detention centre in Guantanamo Bay