Bangladesh’s chief justice resigns under pressure as Yunus-led interim government starts working

Bangladesh’s chief justice resigns under pressure as Yunus-led interim government starts working

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan resigned Saturday following protests by a group of students and other demonstrators as the country’s interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus started functioning days after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to resign and flee to India. Asif Nazrul, law, justice and parliamentary affairs

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‘Original sin’: Torture of 9/11 suspects means even without plea deal, they may never face a verdict

‘Original sin’: Torture of 9/11 suspects means even without plea deal, they may never face a verdict

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Defense Department disagreement over how to bring to justice the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and two others has thrown the cases into disarray and surfaced tension between the desire of some victims’ families to see a final legal reckoning and the significant obstacles that may make that impossible.

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Iran’s new president reappoints UN-sanctioned official as head of the country’s nuclear agency

Iran’s new president reappoints UN-sanctioned official as head of the country’s nuclear agency

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s newly-elected president reappointed a U.S.-educated official who came under United Nations sanctions 16 years ago as head of the country’s nuclear department, state TV reported Saturday. Mohammad Eslami, 67, will continue his work as chief of Iran’s civilian nuclear program and serve as one of several vice presidents. Eslami’s reappointment

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Militia infighting kills at least 9 in Libya’s capital, officials say

Militia infighting kills at least 9 in Libya’s capital, officials say

CAIRO (AP) — Clashes between two heavily armed militia groups in Libya’s capital terrorized residents and killed about a dozen people, the latest bout of violence in the largely lawless North African nation, officials said Saturday. The hours-long clashes, which involved heavy weapons, occurred Friday in Tripoli’s eastern neighborhood of Tajoura between Rahba al-Duruae militia

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