Independent UN experts say radical Saudi Arabia scholar held for years should be tried or released
A radical Sunni scholar whose criticisms of Saudi Arabiaโs government and the West drew praise from the late al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden should be immediately tried or released from a yearslong arbitrary detention by the kingdom.
New York City suggests housing migrants in jail shuttered after Jeffrey Epstein's suicide
New York City Mayor Eric Adamsโ administration wants to house migrants in a notorious federal jail that was closed after disgraced financier Jeffrey Epsteinโs suicide there led to its squalid conditions being deemed unsafe for humans.
Qatar diplomat emphasizes engagement with Taliban at forum
Qatarโs diplomatic point man for talks with the Taliban says countries should engage Afghanistanโs new Taliban rulers, warning that isolation could lead to a wide-reaching security threat, as happened when al-Qaida used the country as a base to plot the 9/11 attacks.
UN: Afghanistan's Taliban want to address General Assembly
The United Nations says the Taliban, Afghanistanโs new rulers since last month, have challenged the credentials of Afghanistanโs former U.N. ambassador and are asking to speak at the U.N. General Assemblyโs high-level meeting of world leaders that began Tuesday.
FBI releases newly declassified record on Sept. 11 attacks
A declassified FBI document related to logistical support given to two of the Saudi hijackers in the run-up to the Sept. 11 attacks details contacts the men had with Saudi associates in the United States but doesn't provide proof that senior kingdom officials were complicit in the plot.
Pentagon chief: al-Qaida may seek comeback in Afghanistan
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the al-Qaida extremist group that used Afghanistan as a staging base to attack United States 20 years ago may attempt to regenerate there following an American withdrawal that has left the Taliban in power.
Biden defends departure from โforever war,โ praises airlift
Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, say itโs โpossibleโ that the U.S. will have to coordinate with the Taliban on any future counterterrorism strikes in Afghanistan against Islamic State militants or others.