September 23, 2015
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Reports that America is upgrading its nuclear arsenal in Germany prompts threat of retaliation
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Report: Taking selfies is more dangerous than shark attacks
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MOSCOW (AP) - The Kremlin says Russia will take countermeasures if the U.S. places new nuclear weapons at a base in Germany.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov's comments, reported Wednesday by Russian news agencies, came in response to a report by Germany's ZDF television. The report said that preparation is underway ...
Legendary New York Yankee remembered for his wit as much as his extraordinary baseball career
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Sergeant Charles Martland has been refused leave to appeal after he was discharged from the US military for confronting an Afghan police commander over the rape of a young boy
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During a church service, the Catholic leader also tackled climate change, abortion, and the Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal
The Defense Department said Tuesday that Abdul Shalabi, believed to have once served as Osama bin Laden’s bodyguard, has been transferred from the prison at Guantanamo Bay to Saudi Arabia.
According to CNN, the latest transfer means that there are 114 remaining prisoners in the detention facility at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, 64 of whom have been labeled too dangerous for release.
Shalabi’s release is the second in a matter of days. Last week, the U.S. sent a Moroccan prisoner, Younis Abdurrahman Chekkouri, who had been detained at Guantanamo Bay for more than 13 years back to Morocco.
Shalabi was one of the first prisoners brought to the Guantanamo Bay detention facility after having been captured by Pakistani forces in 2001. The U.S. said that he had worked as a bodyguard for Osama bin Laden and had also associated with senior al Qaeda officials, though was never charged with a crime. Shalabi protested his imprisonment with a hunger strike.
A government review board concluded that it was unnecessary to continue to imprison Shalabi at the military base but said in a statement that he “probably continues to sympathize with extremists.”
The Defense Department thanked the government of Saudi Arabia for accepting the prisoner in a statement Tuesday.
“The United States is grateful to the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its willingness to support ongoing U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility,” the Pentagon said. “The United States coordinated with the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to ensure this transfer took place consistent with appropriate security and humane treatment measures.”
President Obama has been pushing to close the military prison since he assumed office in 2009. In July, the administration claimed that it had reached the final stages in drafting a plan to shutter Guantanamo Bay.
The post US Frees Osama Bin Laden Bodyguard from Guantanamo Bay appeared first onWashington Free Beacon.
Putin Opens New Moscow Mosque, Warns Against Extremistsby webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)
President Vladimir Putin opened Moscow's new grand mosque on Wednesday, urging Russia's Islamic leaders to stand against extremism at a time when some 2,400 Russians are fighting with Islamic State in the Middle East. Russia, home to some 20 million Muslims, has fought two wars against Chechen separatists in the mainly-Muslim North Caucasus region where an Islamist insurgency is still simmering and some rebels have sworn their allegiance to IS. Unveiling the new mosque built of light stone, capped with turquoise and golden cupolas, Putin said Russia must educate its Muslim youth to prevent them from becoming religious extremists. "This work is particularly important today as attempts are undertaken to exploit religious feelings for political purposes," Putin said during the opening of the mosque, which is said to cost some $170 million. "We see what's happening in the Middle East where terrorists of the so-called Islamic State discredit the great world religion, discredit Islam by sowing hate, killing people... destroying the world's cultural heritage in a barbaric way." "Their ideology is built on lies, on open perversion of Islam. They are trying to recruit followers in our country as well," he added. Adopting Russian Orthodox Christian terminology for an important house of worship, the building is called the Moscow Cathedral Mosque. Its main golden dome and tall minaret reflected the style of many Orthodox churches, except for the Islamic crescents atop them. Russia's Kremlin-backed Council of Muftis said private donations covered the construction of the mosque, including contributions from Kazakhstan and Turkey, whose President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was present at the opening ceremony. The new mosque, which can accommodate 10,000 people, was built on the site of an earlier mosque erected in the early 20th century by the Tatar community. Islam is the second largest religion in Russia after Orthodox Christianity, making up around 15 percent of the population.
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Tens of thousands of refugees from war-ravaged countries in the Middle East are trying to reach Europe, fuelling a deadly cross-border smuggling trade
Kerry: Russian Actions in Syria Risk Confrontation with Anti-IS Coalition by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
The U.S. secretary of state has warned Russian actions in Syria risk a confrontation with the coalition opposing the Islamic State group, while his Russian counterpart claims Washington is becoming more receptive to Moscow's position on the conflict. Italy's La Stampa newspaper quoted U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday as saying he had conveyed to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov the U.S. concern over Russia's military support for the government of Bashar...
President Barack Obama warmly welcomed Pope Francis to the White House Wednesday as the Pontiff formally began his visit to the United States. VOA'S Jeff Custer reports from Washington where an estimated 15,000 people were on hand to greet the pope.
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