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Ibrahim al-Rubaysh was a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay and a veteran militant from his time in Afghanistan.

The decision comes just two days after a lesbian couple filed a legal challenge to the territory's marriage laws.

The IMF has cautioned that the economic recovery remains "moderate and uneven," beset by greater uncertainty and many risks.

Protesters in several U.S. cities blocked highways and swarmed police precincts, leading to at least two dozen arrests in demonstrations touched off by fresh cases of police violence against unarmed black men.

Congress on Tuesday approved a bill to repair the formula for reimbursing Medicare physicians, marking a rare bipartisan achievement just in time to head off a 21 percent cut in the doctors' pay.

Yousafzai called on Nigerian authorities and the international community "to do more" to free the more than 200 schoolgirls.

An unmanned SpaceX rocket blasted off from Florida on Tuesday to send a cargo ship to the International Space Station, then flipped around and made a hard landing on a platform in the ocean.

U.S. President Barack Obama dropped his opposition on Tuesday to a bill giving Congress a voice on a nuclear deal with Iran after members of his Democratic Party negotiated changes to the bill that had won strong support from both parties.

The New York branch of the U.S. Federal Reserve, wary that a natural disaster or other eventuality could shut down its market operations as it approaches an interest rate hike, has added staff and bulked up its satellite office in Chicago, according to an exclusive Reuters report.

Netflix is expected to add 1.8 million domestic subscribers for the three-month period ended March 31.

Retail sales rose in March for the first time since November as consumers stepped up purchases of automobiles and other goods, suggesting a sharp slowdown in economic growth in the first quarter was temporary.

Ford will soon announce $2.5 billion to expand Mexican operations while Toyota eyes a new $1 billion Corolla factory.

The annual Airline Quality Rating report found U.S. airlines performed worse last year in every category it measures.

The Silicon Valley tech giant would face the largest legal case on the continent since the EU took on Microsoft.

The S&P 500 energy sector rallied in afternoon trading Tuesday, helped by a nearly 3 percent gain in oil prices.

Next year, NBCUniversal will start making English-language, American procedurals for French and German television stations.

A grisly shootout is highlighting the drug trade happening in Argentina's capital. Pope Francis has warned that Argentina could go the way of Mexico if drug trafficking isn't addressed.

Historians say the epic collision heard around the globe could have been avoided.

With Hillary Clinton formally announcing her plans to run for president Sunday, Bill Clinton might be preparing for a possible return to the White House.

In 2013, Morales' presidential plane made an emergency landing after he was denied permission to fly over France and Portugal because Edward Snowden was allegedly with him.

If approved, the agreement will grant Congress a 52-day window to review terms of any final deal on Iran’s nuclear program.