Former Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama fought to shut the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba, with the former reducing the prisoner count to 15. But President Donald Trump clearly doesn't agree with the approach and wants to fill GITMO with 30,
When Moath al-Alwi left Guantánamo Bay for resettlement in Oman, accompanying him on his journey was a cache of artwork he created during more than two decades of detention. Al-Alwi was detainee number “028” – an indication that he was one of the first to arrive at the U.
WASHINGTON: In his farewell address to the nation, US President Joe Biden on Wednesday sounded an alarm over the growing dominance of an
As President Joe Biden gets ready to leave office, we consider his accomplishments, failures, and what his legacy will be.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels said Wednesday they released the crew of the Galaxy Leader, a vehicle carrier seized in November 2023 at the start of their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Hamas war.
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After some initial momentum and a few successes, Biden leaves office like his predecessors, with the prison at Guantánamo Bay open, and the 9/11 case unresolved.
Biden's Iran policy focused on diplomacy faces a deadlock, with rising nuclear tensions and bringing Iran's regional influence down
The US has maintained a migrant detention facility there for decades that is separate from the notorious high-security jail for foreign terror suspects, including alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
Trump said earlier Wednesday that the U.S. has "30,000 beds in Guantanamo to detain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people."
The former president’s unexpectedly powerful farewell address rightly condemned the very oligarchy he empowered.
Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia may raise crude prices for Asian buyers in March to their highest in more than a year after benchmark prices spiked on higher demand from China and India as U.S. sanctions disrupted Russian supply,