High cost, slow pace of Guantanamo proceedings become issue at hearing
FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – The years-long pace of bringing al Qaeda suspects at Guantanamo Bay to trial emerged as a key issue in a hearing on Monday for the accused mastermind of the USS Cole bombing as his lawyers warned that speeding up tribunal pr…
Mexico complains about remarks attributed to pope over drug image
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico said on Monday it would send a letter to the Vatican to complain about remarks attributed to Pope Francis about the risk of Argentina suffering a criminal “Mexicanization” due to the spread of drug gangs there.
U.S. Senate Democrats invite Netanyahu to meeting during visit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two senior U.S. Senate Democrats invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to a closed-door meeting with Democratic senators during his upcoming visit to Washington, warning that making U.S.-Israeli relations a …
Two men sentenced to 25 years in plot to attack Americans in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two men convicted of seeking to join al Qaeda and training to carry out attacks on Americans in Afghanistan were sentenced on Monday to 25 years in federal prison, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Venezuela’s ruling Socialists target another opposition leader
CARACAS (Reuters) – Socialist Party legislators called on Monday for a probe of another Venezuelan opposition leader accused of conspiring against President Nicolas Maduro, days after the mayor of Caracas was arrested on similar charges.
U.S. Senate Democrats invite Netanyahu to meeting during visit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two senior U.S. Senate Democrats invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to a closed-door meeting with Democratic senators during his upcoming visit to Washington, warning that making U.S.-Israeli relations a …
U.S. jury orders Palestinian groups to pay attack victims $218.5 million
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. jury on Monday found the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority liable for supporting terrorist attacks in Israel more than a decade ago that killed dozens of people.
British spies in U.S. terror trial must be faceless in sketches: judge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Five British MI-5 officers expected to testify anonymously in wigs and makeup in the U.S. trial of an accused al Qaeda operative may be portrayed in courtroom sketches with only “blank faces” and “generic hair,” a federal judge sai…
Seven killed in Egyptian air strikes on Libyan city: Amnesty
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Seven civilians were killed when Egyptian jets attacked suspected Islamist militant targets in the eastern Libyan city of Derna last week, Amnesty International said on Monday, citing eyewitnesses.
Hollande urges Internet firms to help fight online hate speech
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande urged Internet companies like Google and Facebook on Monday to fight hate speech online, but his address to a Jewish group was marred by a spat between leaders of France’s Jewish and Muslim communiti…
