The move was announced by the US military in a statement on Monday. The Pentagon described the release as a “transfer from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the Kingdom of Morocco.” No charges have ever been brought against the Moroccan national, who spent some 19 years in the …
Read More »San Francisco man arrested for allegedly stabbing 94-year-old Asian woman had been released by judge 9 days earlier
Daniel Cauich, 35, was arrested on Wednesday morning, less than two hours after he allegedly stabbed an elderly Asian woman in the city’s Tenderloin neighborhood, according to police. The woman, identified as Anh Taylor, was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of multiple stab wounds. Cauich had reportedly been …
Read More »‘Flat and rocky’ surface of Mars seen in high-resolution images released by China as part of its Martian mission (PHOTOS)
A series of high-resolution images published on the China National Space Administration’s (CNSA) website on Friday show the terrain of the red planet in color (and it does look red), as well as the landing platform and the Zhurong rover, the CNSA said. © China National Space Administration The picture …
Read More »Joe Biden recognizes Armenian Genocide in statement released by White House
“Each year on this day, we remember the lives of all those who died in the Ottoman-era Armenian Genocide and recommit ourselves to preventing such an atrocity from ever again occurring,” Biden said in a statement on Saturday, commemorating Armenian Remembrance Day. Turkey rebuffed the statement immediately, with President Recep …
Read More »Detained South Korean tanker released from Iran’s custody, Seoul says
The MT ‘Hankuk Chemi’ tanker was permitted to leave Iran on Friday morning, South Korea time, the ministry said in a statement, noting that the captain and crew are “in good health” and that the vessel is in working order. Departing from the Rajai Port near Bandar Abbas, Iran, the …
Read More »Hundreds of detained anti-coup protesters released in Myanmar – media
The detainees were released from Insein prison of Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, on Wednesday. Some 16 buses carrying the freed protesters left the penal facility early in the morning, according to lawyer Khin Maung Myint. “They were sent to related police stations to go back home… Some clients called me …
Read More »‘At least $1bn’ of Iran’s frozen assets to be released by South Korea after Tehran meets with Seoul
“In the meeting with the South Korean envoy, we stressed how Iran could use its resources,” Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati told reporters on Wednesday. Speaking on the sidelines of a meeting with the Iranian cabinet, Hemmati confirmed that South Korea has $7 billion of …
Read More »Russian court rejects appeal for Alexey Navalny to be released – opposition figure will remain behind bars until trial
On Thursday, a judge heard arguments from Navalny’s lawyers, who had been petitioning for his release from Matrosskaya Tishina prison ahead of his full trial, set to take place in February. However, the court upheld a previous decision to keep him in jail until the start of the case. The …
Read More »Proud Boys chairman released from jail but ordered to stay away from DC, blocking him from attending pro-Trump protest
Superior Court Magistrate Judge Renee Raymond on Tuesday ordered Tarrio to stay outside the District of Columbia until his court hearing in June. She denied a request by Tarrio to limit the ban to Black Lives Matter Plaza. The ruling came one day after Tarrio was arrested shortly after arriving …
Read More »Former Miss Belarus released from jail after 42 days behind bars for protesting against government
Khizhinkova was arrested on November 8, and had her original 12-day sentence extended twice after evidence linked her to being at two other anti-government protests. Her release date was supposed to be December 11, but she ended up serving an extra nine days. The former Miss Belarus has been very …
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