Spanish prosecutors on Friday recommended against a probe into allegations that US officials gave legal cover for the torture of terror suspects.
The armed Basque separatist organisation ETA announced on Wednesday it is declaring a permanent ceasefire, a condition set by Spain’s government for the opening of talks with the group. Spanish First Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega said the government hopes the ceasefire means the ”beginning of the end” of violence.
Abu Farraj al-Libbi, a senior al-Qaeda suspect, has been arrested in Pakistan, the government said on Wednesday. Al-Libbi, a native of Libya who authorities say is a close associate of terror mastermind Osama bin Laden and acted as al-Qaeda’s operational chief in Pakistan, was arrested earlier this week, the government said on Wednesday.