A military watchdog has adjourned public hearings into the alleged torture of Afghan prisoners for a week while lawyers battle over the scope of its investigation. The chair of the Military Police Complaints Commission, Peter Tinsley, stopped the hearings into complaints filed by two human-rights groups hours after they began Wednesday.
The probe is looking into what military police in Kandahar knew – or should have known – about the possible abuse of prisoners Canadian soldiers handed over to Afghanistan's notorious intelligence service for interrogation.
The United States has criticised its allies for failing to stop a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that...
According to the Global Sumud Flotilla aid mission, at least 15 boats were raided, with those...
Six transgender Idahoans filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday challenging the state’s new bathroom law, which...
After hours spent carefully preparing her cakes, Abrar Abdu stood stunned in silence before her oven. In...
