A panel finds torture made a 9/11 defendant psychotic. A judge will rule whether he can stand trial | AP News

A panel finds torture made a 9/11 defendant psychotic. A judge will rule whether he can stand trial | AP News

WASHINGTON (AP) — A military medical panel has concluded that one of the five 9/11 defendants held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base has been rendered delusional and psychotic by the torture he underwent years ago while in CIA custody.The findings heighten uncertainty over whether Ramzi bin al-Shibh, who has long complained he was under

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Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf has died at 64. He shot themes from gay nightlife to the royal family | AP News

Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf has died at 64. He shot themes from gay nightlife to the royal family | AP News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Erwin Olaf, an acclaimed Dutch photographer whose work documented topics ranging from gay nightlife in Amsterdam to portraits of the Dutch royal family, has died. He was 64.Olaf’s highly stylized photos, with lighting often influenced by Dutch master painters Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer, were exhibited at galleries around

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Poslanik Dveri upitao da li će Vučić predati Kosovo kao premijer Jermenije Nagorno-Karabah

Poslanik Dveri upitao da li će Vučić predati Kosovo kao premijer Jermenije Nagorno-Karabah

Politika | 20.09.2023 | access_time 16:10 Poslanik Srpskog pokreta Dveri Ivan Kostić uporedio je danas predsednika Srbije Aleksandra Vučića sa premijerom Jermenije Nikolom Pašinjanom, upitavši da li će Vučić “bez otpora predati” Kosovo kao Pašinjan Nagorno-Karabah.”Da li Vašington i Brisel imaju mehanizme da nateraju predsednika Srbije Aleksandra Vučića da dobrovoljno i bez otpora preda Kosovo

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Republican lawmakers clash with Attorney General Garland over Hunter Biden investigation. Follow live  | AP News

Republican lawmakers clash with Attorney General Garland over Hunter Biden investigation. Follow live | AP News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday came face-to-face with his most ardent critics as House Republicans used a routine oversight hearing to interrogate him about what they claim is the “weaponization” of the Justice Department under President Joe Biden.Garland is appearing before the House Judiciary Committee for the first time in two

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A new London exhibition highlights the untold stories of Black British fashion designers | AP News

A new London exhibition highlights the untold stories of Black British fashion designers | AP News

LONDON (AP) — A new exhibition is opening in London to chart for the first time the contributions that Black British culture made to U.K. fashion and design history and to celebrate Black designers who haven’t received public recognition.“The Missing Thread: Untold Stories of Black British Fashion” at central London’s Somerset House, which opens Thursday

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For many displaced by clashes in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian camp, return is not an option | AP News

For many displaced by clashes in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian camp, return is not an option | AP News

SEBLINE, Lebanon (AP) — Nearly a week after a cease-fire agreement between warring factions in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp brought a fragile peace, hundreds of displaced residents see no immediate prospects of return.Some have lost their houses, while others do not trust that the calm will hold. For many, it’s not the first time

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UN chief warns of ‘gates of hell’ in climate summit, but carbon polluting nations stay silent | AP News

UN chief warns of ‘gates of hell’ in climate summit, but carbon polluting nations stay silent | AP News

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the United Nations warned Wednesday that the “gates of hell” are at hand as climate change intensifies, and top international officials said the world’s leaders still aren’t doing nearly enough to curb pollution of heat-trapping gases. They pleaded with major emitting nations to do more.Those nations remained silent.

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Swedish court upholds prison sentence for Turkish man linked to outlawed militant party | AP News

Swedish court upholds prison sentence for Turkish man linked to outlawed militant party | AP News

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish appeals court on Wednesday upheld a 4 1/2-year prison sentence for a Turkish man who was found guilty of attempted extortion, weapons possession and attempted terrorist financing, saying he was acting on behalf of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party.However, the Svea Court of Appeal said Yahya Güngör should not be

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Skupštine Srbije i RS osnovale zajednički forum koji će usaglašavati stavove

Skupštine Srbije i RS osnovale zajednički forum koji će usaglašavati stavove

U Skupštini Srbije danas je potpisan Memoranduma o formiranju Parlamentarnog foruma Republika Srbija-Republika Srpska, telu koje će imati zajedničke sastanke narodnih poslanika, usaglašavati stavove i predlagati zajedničke deklaracije.Kako je rekao predsednik Skupštine Srbije Vladimir Orlić nakon sastanka sa kolegom iz RS Nenadom Stevandićem, oni su danas razgovarali o brojnim aktuelnim pitanjima i izazovima i istakli

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