Ex-Guantanamo detainee among suspected jihadists held in Spain, Morocco
Spanish and Moroccan police on Tuesday detained four people suspected of recruiting jihadists for the Islamic State group, one of whom was a former Guantanamo prisoner who received military training in Afghanistan.
Feb 23, 2016, 22:05 PM IST
Barack Obama plan to close Guantanamo proposes 13 potential US transfer sites
President Barack Obama has pledged to close the prison and move the detainees since before his election in 2008.
Feb 23, 2016, 21:35 PM IST
Barack Obama to make statement on Guantanamo amid plan to close prison
President Barack Obama will deliver a statement on Guantanamo on Tuesday, the White House said, as his administration prepared to present U.S. lawmakers with his plan to shutter the controversial military prison.
Feb 23, 2016, 18:35 PM IST
U.S. to transfer al Qaeda suspect from Guantanamo to Kuwait
The United States released a suspected al Qaeda propagandist to the government of Kuwait on Friday.
Jan 09, 2016, 02:17 AM IST
UAE takes five Yemeni prisoners freed by US from Guantanamo
Five men who have been held for more than 13 years at the US base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been released.
Nov 16, 2015, 15:21 PM IST
Cuba, US to discuss steps for normalisation of ties
A Cuba-US bilateral commission will meet in Washington on Tuesday to discuss further steps for normalisation of relations between the two countries, the Cuban Foreign Ministry has said.
Nov 06, 2015, 12:19 PM IST
At UN, Raul Castro says US 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 United States would only be possible if Washington ended its trade embargo on his country, returned the military base at Guantanamo and ended anti-communist broadcasts beamed into the island.
Sep 29, 2015, 02:50 AM IST
US report proves Lithuania hosted CIA `black site`: Lawyer
A US Senate report proves that Lithuania hosted a secret CIA jail for terror suspects a decade ago, a lawyer for a Saudi-born Guantanamo detainee claimed Friday.
Sep 18, 2015, 22:16 PM IST
