Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel using ‘legitimate force’ in confronting Palestinian attacks

Israel bristled on Thursday (15 October) at US suggestions it may have used excessive force to confront Palestinian stabbings, and also published hospital images it said refuted Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas allegation a teen suspect had been executed. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was using legitimate force and any other country would do the same to confront attacks. Oct 16, 2015

Psychologists who devised CIA torture programme sued

The American Civil Liberties Union sued two psychologists who devised the CIAs Bush-era interrogation programme on 13 October saying they encouraged the agency to adopt torture as official policy and made millions of dollars in the process. Oct 14, 2015