The media are portraying the Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani verdict as a defeat for Obama’s plans to close Guantánamo—despite the fact that he could still get life in prison.
Gunmen stormed two homes in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, killing the two male heads of the households, the latest in a series of attacks targeting Christians.
Thousands demonstrated in Madrid against Morocco’s recent crackdown on protesters in the former Spanish colony of Western Sahara, which has left several dead.
Mexican authorities fear retaliatory violence after the killing of Gulf Cartel kingpin Ezequiel Cárdenas GuillĂ©n AKA “Tony Tormenta” in a three-hour shootout with soldiers in Matamoros, Tamaulipas state, on Nov. 5. Three cartel gunmen, two members of the security forces… Read moreMexico: retaliation feared after slaying of Gulf Cartel kingpin
In the wake of Barack Obama’s visit to Indonesia, a video has emerged showing the torture of helpless detainees by security forces in the restive territory of West Papua.
Burmese opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi was released by from house arrest after seven years. But critics say the move is “about public relations, not democratic reform.”
Colombia’s deal with the Chinese Foton Motor Group to build an assembly plant in the Andean nation follows a recent pact with Beijing for $1 million in military assistance and training.
The guerilla who in 2008 killed “Ivan Rios,” one the FARC’s top commanders, was sentenced to 31 years for kidnapping and rebellion. The ex-guerilla complained he was betrayed by the authorities.
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe was subpoenaed to testify in a civil case against Alabama coal giant Drummond over the company’s alleged ties to paramilitary death squads.
From the Oakland Tribune, Nov. 4: Two killed in East Oakland after CHP chase OAKLAND — Mark Aragon was driving to one of two jobs he worked to support his wife and three stepdaughters when he died in an East… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
Lawyers acting for more than 140 Iraqi civilians are challenging the British government’s refusal to hold a public investigation into the treatment of detainees in British-occupied areas of Iraq.
Islamic leaders in Eygpt, including the Muslim Brotherhood, have condemned threats on the country’s Coptic Christian minority by the al-Qaeda franchise in Iraq following bloody attacks on Iraqi Christians.
