PENTAGON—The U.S. Defense Department says 10 Yemeni detainees have been released from U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and sent to the Middle East nation of Oman. “The Oman transfer of 10 is the single largest transfer to a single country at one time under the current administration.” Cmdr. Gary Ross said in an […]
The United States condemned a series of attacks Monday in Iraq that killed at least 46 people and wounded more than 100 others. Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for the two largest attacks, saying they were targeting Shi’ites. Gunmen fired at shoppers before blowing themselves up at a Baghdad shopping mall, killing at least 18 […]
BEIJING—North Korea’s key diplomatic ally China has voiced firm opposition to what Pyongyang said was its first hydrogen bomb test Wednesday. Beijing said it will lodge a formal protest and has called on its northern neighbor to give up on its ambitions for nuclear weapons. Analysts said that while China is likely to take some […]
Authorities are trying to determine what caused an inferno at a high-rise luxury hotel in downtown Dubai that burned during the city’s New Year’s Eve fireworks extravaganza. The fire at The Address Hotel provided dramatic scenes as hundreds of thousands of people watching the fireworks display looked on. The hotel is located near the Burj […]