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[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] The CIA has released dozens of previously classified documents that expose grim details about the US spy agency’s torture program after the Sep. 11, 2001 attacks, including a request that it would never be prosecuted for abusing suspects. The documents, released under a freedom of information request from …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] At least 224 people were killed in the first week of Ramadan in Syria, with the majority of the deaths resulting from bombings by Syrian and Russian warplanes, according to a monitor. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, said on Monday that between 6 and …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] The father of the man who shot dead 49 people at an Orlando nightclub has told Sky News the attack could have been prevented if the club had better security. Seddique Mateen said he shares the grief of the victims’ families, and that religion had nothing to do …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] A Canadian national has been beheaded in the Philippines by Islamist militant group Abu Sayyaf after a ransom payment deadline passed, the Philippines government confirmed Tuesday. Robert Hall was one of four people kidnapped by the group last September in the southern Philippines. His execution follows that of …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] Malaysia’s first Islamic-compliant airline, Rayani Air, has been barred from flying for breaching regulations. The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) said it was revoking the airline’s certification because of concerns over its safety audit and administration. Rayani Air launched last December offering only halal food, no alcohol and …

[/tie_full_img]   [/tie_full_img] KABUL — Still traumatized and broken by the fallout of another major terrorist attack on the United States 15 years ago, Afghans said Monday they weren’t about to get worked up about the latest one. They have enough to worry about, they said, even though Sunday’s deadly …

The FBI investigated the Orlando shooter for 10 months beginning in 2013, putting him under surveillance, recording his calls and using confidential informants to gauge whether he had been radicalized after the suspect talked at work about his connections with al-Qaeda and dying as a martyr. As part of the …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] Indonesia plans to put 16 convicts to death after next month’s Muslim Eid holiday, an official said Tuesday, confirming executions were set to resume after a hiatus. The death row convicts will be executed “immediately after” the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Mohammad Rum, a spokesman for the …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] CIA chief’s exoneration of Saudi Arabia in 9/11 attacks has raised questions about the real motives behind it amid accusations that US authorities might be spin-doctoring Riyadh’s involvement. CIA director John Brennan’s declaration last week came just ahead of an imminent release of 28 classified pages of the …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] DHAKA: Bangladeshi clerics said Monday they have issued a fatwa against the killings of minorities and secular campaigners in the mainly Muslim country, where police have arrested over 10,000 people in a crackdown on militancy. Nearly 50 people have been killed over the last three years in a …