Obama Slashes Guantanamo Bay Population to 41 Detainees - White House
Outgoing US President Barack Obama has slashed the population of the Guantanamo Bay facility to just 41 detainees, the White House said in a press release on Thursday.
Outgoing US President Barack Obama has slashed the population of the Guantanamo Bay facility to just 41 detainees, the White House said in a press release on Thursday.
A small plane has crashed near Rio de Janeiro, carrying a Supreme Federal Court judge who was investigating the ongoing high-profile Operation Carwash corruption scandal in Brazil, sparking worries that nefarious intent may have contributed to the aircraft’s wreckage.
An experimental Alzheimer’s drug may have an unexpected dental application, as it has been shown to repair damage done by tooth decay, according to a team of stem cell researchers with King’s College London.
The US jets killed in airstrike an al-Qaeda memeber on Tuesday near Saraqib, Syria, US Department of Defense spokesperson Peter Cook confirmed in a release.
The United States supports intervention of Senegal’s troops into Gambia, US Department of State spokesperson John Kirby said in a briefing on Thursday.
The United States has received an official invitation from Moscow to take part in the Astana meeting on Syria, US State Department spokesman John Kirby announced in a briefing on Thursday.
As Washington prepares for over 250,000 protestors at Friday’s presidential inauguration, the city will undergo tighter security than it has seen in recent memory.
US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Tom Shannon will serve as chief US diplomat until Secretary-designate Rex Tillerson is confirmed by Congress, US State Department spokesperson John Kirby told reporters during his last briefing on Thursday.
US Navy's guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka for a brief visit, the naval service said in a press release on Thursday.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Thirsday that destruction of US-Russia relations in the key mistake by the outgoing Obama administration.
President-elect Donald Trump selected Woody Johnson, owner of the New York Jets football club, to be the next US Ambassador to the United Kingdom, US media reported on Thursday.
Thursday: UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, once again, insults one of the UK’s closest neighbors; Palestinian Authorities agree to form a unity government with historic rivals Hamas; and, will lessons be learned to improve security following the inquest into Tunisia terror attack?
US President-elect Donald Trump’s wrath against “out of control” F-35 expenditures may be misguided given that the price of F-35s was already scheduled to drop in 2017.
Six NASA researchers are set to lock themselves on a Hawaiian volcano for the next eight months, to assess the psychological impact of a lengthy stay in isolated, confined conditions similar to an off-planet outpost, in preparation for an eventual scientific colony on Mars.
Streets near the White House have been closed as police are responding to the reports about a suspicious package.
Troops deployed by other countries are stationed in different locations, particularly close to the border between Senegal and Gambia for easy advancement in the event of any call for military action, according to a military source cited by local media.
Americans who say they voted for Trump in the general election relied heavily on Fox News as their main source of election news leading up to the 2016 election, whereas Hillary Clinton voters named an array of different sources, according to the poll.
Barack Obama's final press conference was a contrast in style to his successor Donald Trump, but both Presidents are more focused on domestic than foreign policy, Professor Robert Guttman told Radio Sputnik.
On Wednesday, the Russian military confirmed that Russian and Turkish combat aircraft had carried out their first joint aerial operation against targets in Syria. Speaking to Sputnik, Turkish defense analyst Koray Gurbuz said that the joint operation has effectively forced the US-led anti-Daesh coalition to remember that there's a war on.
Tarzisius Caviezel, the mayor of the Swiss town of Davos, stated that Davos has enjoyed an excellent reputation as a conference destination for decades.
Considering importance of the demining task in Syria's Aleppo for implementation of humanitarian programs it is necessary to provide international assistance to Russia both on bilateral and multilateral basis, according to a diplomatic source.
Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said that Russian economy is ready for a considerable inflow of foreign investments in the immediate future.
Adama Barrow was sworn in as the Gambian president at the country's embassy in neighboring Senegal on Thursday, media reported.
The vast majority of Department of Defense employees will remain in their positions after the President-elect Donald Trump assumes office on January 20, according to Pentagon spokesperson Peter Cook.
US Senator John McCain said that China should stop its retaliation campaign against South Korea over the deployment of anti-missile Terminal High Altitude Area Defense systems to the peninsula.