From philstar.

com
EU calls for free passage through South
China Sea
The European Union stressed Tuesday that countries must be free to pass
through the disputed South China Sea.
This pronouncement comes a month after Chinese fighter jets flew out to
intercept a United States Navy reconnaissance plane in international
airspace over the disputed waters.
"The EU wants to see freedom of navigation and over flight upheld in the
East and South China Seas," the European Commission said in its first
diplomatic admonishment to Beijing.
The EU, a major trade partner of China, warned that its unilateral actions
could alter the status quo and increase tension in the region.
"With regard to the large volume of international trade passing through the
region's waters, the EU has a strong and legitimate interest in the
continuation of free navigation and overflight," the EU said in a fact sheet
published on Wednesday.
EU member governments, however, have yet to approve the document.
from NBC NEWS
Alleged Bin Laden Bodyguard Transferred From Gitmo to
Montenegro

A Guantanamo detainee once accused of being Osama bin Laden's

bodyguard and planning to hijack airliners on 9/11 has been
transferred to Montenegro, the Department of Defense said
Wednesday.
Abdel Malik Ahmed Abdel Wahab al-Rahabi has been held at the
U.S. naval base on Cuba for 14 years but never charged with a
crime. A U.S. review board found in 2014 that the Yemeni national

was no longer a threat to the nation and recommended he be

transferred.
The Pentagon said it was grateful to Montenegro a small eastern
European country looking to join NATO for its "humanitarian
gesture and willingness to support" efforts to close Guantanamo.