Taliban fighters overran multiple checkpoints in overnight raids in Afghanistan’s volatile southern Helmand province, killing at least 20 police officers, authorities said Saturday.
2 Gitmo transfers: A pause in prisoner transfers from Guantanamo Bay has ended with the arrival Saturday in Oman of six Yemenis long held at the U.S. prison for suspected terrorists.
President Obama has now transferred more than half the 242 detainees who were at Guantanamo when he was sworn into office in 2009 after campaigning to close it.
Authorities have been closely monitoring 8,070-foot-high Mount Sinabung on Sumatra, one of Indonesia’s main islands, since June 2, when its status …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
