US transfers 11 Yemeni prisoners from Guantánamo to Oman

Major resettlement reduces population in US detention facility in south-eastern Cuba to just 15 people The United States has sent 11 Yemeni detainees at the Guantánamo Bay detention center to Oman, the Pentagon said on Monday, in a major resettlement that nearly halves the detention facility’s remaining number of prisoners. The released men include Tawfiq…

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Australia news live: Albanese says nuclear power poses $872bn threat to Queensland economy; Littleproud gives election date tips

Labor analysis claims Queensland will be $1tn worse off by 2050 with Coalition reactors. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Nationals leader David Littleproud says “the firing gun has started” for this year’s federal election, which he predicts will be in March or April. Speaking to…

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