by Ezra Kaplan & Matt Yurus | Jul 21, 2015 | GITMO, National Security
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — Monday’s pretrial proceedings for Abd al Hadi al Iraqi, a “high-value target” detained at U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, since 2007, were delayed Sunday after a closed-door meeting with prosecutors, defense attorneys and...
by Taylor Hall & Noor Wazwaz | Jul 20, 2015 | GITMO, National Security
GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA – It has been eight years and three months since alleged senior al-Qaida commander Abd al Hadi al-Iraqi arrived at Guantanamo Bay. Now much-anticipated hearings related to his alleged war crimes charges have been delayed two more days. Lt. Col....
by Nikki McGee | Jul 20, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON– Women in developing countries are not only physically injured by birthing complications, but also are left to deal with emotional scars. Injuries from giving birth can cause incontinence and an inability to walk, leaving mothers shunned by society....
by Jenny Leonard | Jul 15, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Air Force Gen. Paul Selva’s Senate hearing Tuesday on his nomination to be one of President Barack Obama’s top military advisers fell hours after a controversial accord broke the years-long impasse over how to contain Iran’s...
by Nikki McGee | Jul 13, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON – A top Defense Department official said Monday that the conflict in Afghanistan and the threat posed by the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Iraq and Syria should remain at the top of the list as U.S. defense priorities. Under Secretary of Defense for...
by Amina Ismail & Noor Wazwaz | Jul 13, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON – After 17 days of talks and two blown deadlines, the US and five other nations gave themselves until midnight on Monday in Vienna to reach the final terms of an agreement to limit Iran’s nuclear ambitions in exchange for rolling back economic...
