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US transfers 11 Yemeni prisoners from Guantánamo to Oman | Guantánamo Bay newsthirst.

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 al-Bihani, who had been cleared for transfer since 2010; Khalid Qassim, a long-term hunger striker…

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Tariff uncertainty is weighing on market action, Jim Cramer says newsthirst.

CNBC’s Jim Cramer suggested uncertainty over tariff policies will continue to shape market action, saying stocks retreated on Wednesday after President Donald Trump discussed the matter at a cabinet meeting. “I can tell you that we’re entering a new, more mercurial world, where we have to start worrying about the president’s public appearances, because we…

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Mississippi police department hires officer fired over racist slurs to Latino man | Mississippi newsthirst.

A Mississippi police department has proudly announced its hiring of an officer who was fired from another agency last summer after video captured him telling at least one Latino man that he encountered on duty to “go back to Mexico”. A social media post on Thursday from the police department of Pearl asked community members…

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Cargo ship crew held by Houthi rebels released after more than a year in captivity | Yemen newsthirst.

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have released the crew of the Galaxy Leader more than a year after they seized the Bahamas-flagged vessel off the Yemeni Red Sea coast, Houthi-owned Al Masirah TV has reported. It said on Wednesday the crew were handed to Oman “in coordination” with the three-day-old ceasefire in Gaza’s war between Israel and…

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Father and daughter, 14, ‘messing about’ before fatal knife wound, UK court hears | UK news newsthirst.

A father accused of stabbing to death his 14-year-old daughter in the family kitchen told police they were “just mucking around” throwing objects at each other while cooking tea, a court has heard. Simon Vickers, 50, is standing trial at Teesside crown court in Middlesbrough accused of the murder or manslaughter of his daughter Scarlett…

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