A US drone strike in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region killed 13, as the Taliban claimed responsibility for shooting down a NATO drone in Herat province.
Indian troops fired on hundreds of protesters who threw rocks at security forces in Srinagar, Kashmir. One protester was killed and at least five wounded.
Separatists launched a deadly attack on a military convoy in South Yemen one day after “al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula” killed 11 in an assault on the intelligence headquarters in Aden.
Declassified US documents released by the National Security Archive on Colombia’s 1985 Palace of Justice hostage crisis portray an army massacre of guerillas and hostages alike.
Social movements in Peru’s Southern Macro-region held a general strike June 17 through 18, to demand a halt to the natural gas contract with the Camisea LNG consortium. Roads were blocked and businesses shut throughout the affected areas. Parts of… Read morePeru: regional strike paralyzes south over Camisea LNG project
Mexican army troops and Quintana Roo state police discovered 12 bodies in four cenotes (natural wells) near the Cancún airport—presumed victims of Los Zetas.
Amnesty International called on the Israeli authorities to end house demolitions which leave thousands of Palestinians living in daily fear of eviction from their homes.
Hundreds of Turkish soldiers made an incursion into Iraqi territory in “hot pursuit” of Kurdish guerillas, as warplanes carried out a series of air-strikes against suspected rebel targets.
In a new report, Human Rights Watch documents the persistence of female genital mutilation in Iraqi Kurdistan, and calls upon the Kurdish Regional Government to ban the practice.
More than 200 people have been killed over the past seven days in Mexico’s most violent week since President Felipe Calderón unleashed federal forces against the country’s warring drug cartels.
Peruvian National Police clashed with protesting workers of the troubled US-owned Doe Run Peru metal smelter at La Oroya, which faces closure over severe environmental degradation.
Colombian presidential candidates Antanas Mockus and Juan Manuel Santos both went on record supporting the Colombian army’s successful rescue of four hostages held by the FARC guerillas.
