The Biden team picked up where the Obama administration left off with the repatriation of a Moroccan man, reducing the prison population to 39.
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Your Monday Briefing
Indonesia is now the epicenter of the pandemic.
Guantánamo Prosecutors Ask to Strike Information Gained From Torture
The prosecutors’ use of information from a brutal interrogation had troubled Biden administration lawyers and was a source of tension with the chief prosecutor at Guantánamo Bay, who will retire soon.
Blast That Killed Chinese Workers in Pakistan Was a Terrorist Attack, Officials Say
Pakistani officials had previously suggested that an accident sent a company bus into a ravine. Investigators now believe a vehicle packed with explosives rammed the workers’ convoy.
China Criticized the Afghan War. Now It Worries About the Withdrawal.
An explosion that killed Chinese workers in Pakistan has stirred fears in Beijing of regional instability.
12 Are Killed in Pakistan Bus Explosion, Including 9 Chinese
At least some of the passengers were engineers traveling to a Chinese-funded hydropower project in the country’s remote northwest.
Pakistan Bus Blast Kills at Least 9 Chinese Nationals
At least some of the passengers were engineers traveling to a Chinese-funded hydropower project in the country’s remote northwest.
Ahmed Jibril, Militant Palestinian Leader Behind Attacks, Dies at 84
He was considered a top security threat to Israel in the 1970s and ’80s, and his hijackings, kidnappings and attacks had enduring political effects.
For Vietnamese Veterans, Afghanistan Pullout Seems Familiar
Looking at the withdrawal of U.S. forces in Afghanistan and in Vietnam nearly 50 years ago, a reporter sought to tell an overlooked part of history before it was too late.
After Years as a Battleground, Investment Boom Lifts Iraqi City
Ramadi was the site of some of the fiercest fighting against U.S. troops during the Iraq war, then came a devastating fight with ISIS. Now, it’s emerging as one of Iraq’s most stable cities.