A mosque and adjoining shrines were destroyed in an explosion at Ashkail village in Pakistan’s Khyber tribal region, near the Afghan border. Some shrines held the remains of Sufi saints.
The Jundallah militant organization claimed responsibility for coordinated suicide blasts that killed at least 27 during an evening prayer ceremony at the Grand Mosque in Zahedan.
US Judge John G. Koeltl decided to increase the sentence of attorney Lynne Stewart, 70, from 28 months to 10 years, citing her lack of remorse for distributing a client’s press release.
The Venezuelan government handed over three accused Colombian drug traffickers to the DEA, boasting the “undeniable results” of President Hugo Chávez’s war on drugs.
Twenty-three imprisoned Mapuche indigenous comuneros in Chile are on hunger strike to demand dismissal of cases brought against them in military courts under a Pinochet-era anti-terrorism law.
Panama’s National Front for the Defense of Social Rights claimed success in a 24-hour national strike that shut down construction work and schools with 95% effectiveness.
The US military is preparing to hand over control of its last remaining detention center in Iraq—with the government still divided and deadly sectarian violence grinding on.
Israel’s Knesset voted to revoke parliamentary privileges from Arab MK Hanin Zuabi due to her participation in the Gaza aid flotilla that was attacked by the Israeli military in May.
Illegal mahogany loggers are plundering uncontacted indigenous peoples’ land in the depths of the Peruvian Amazon, according to a new report by the Upper Amazon Conservancy (UAC).
Former FARC guerilla hostage Ingrid Betancourt has asked for compensation from the Colombian government, alleging that her 2002 kidnapping resulted from state negligence.
Costa Rica has granted the US military a six-month window to bring 7,000 Marines, five planes and 46 warships into its territory to help intercept north-bound narcotics.
Somalia’s Shabab insurgents claimed responsibility for simultaneous attacks in Uganda’s capital that targeted crowds watching the World Cup final, leaving 74 dead.
