Nicaragua’s National Assembly ratified the only international law for indigenous peoples’ rights, International Labor Organization Convention 169, making it the 22nd country to do so.
Over 500 northern British Columbia residents gathered in Kitamaat Village to oppose the Northern Gateway Pipeline plan, which would bring oil supertankers to the BC Coast.
Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, operational leader for al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, was apparently killed in a US drone strike at the village of Miranshah, North Waziristan, in Pakistan’s tribal areas.
In a 5-4 decision in the Michigan murder case Berghuis v. Thompkins, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority further eroded Miranda rights for criminal suspects.
Tropical storm “Agatha” has left nearly 200 dead across Central America, as a new study warns of a grave toll on local farmers from global climate change.
Up to 25 bodies, thought to be the victims of Mexico’s ongoing narco-violence, have been found in an abandoned silver mine at Taxco de AlarcĂłn in the southern state of Guerrero.
Colombia’s ruling-party presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos has won the first round—amid complaints about vote-buying, fraud, violence and other irregularities.
Up to 16 people have been killed as Israeli naval commandos boarded aid ships bound for the Gaza Strip. The six-ship aid convoy led by a Turkish vessel has 600 people on board.
Reports in the London Times and Israeli press say Israel is to deploy three submarines armed with nuclear-equipped cruise missiles in the Persian Gulf.
Violence is rising in eastern Turkey since imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan decided to abandon peace efforts and leave local commanders in charge of the conflict.
A worst case scenario for the Gulf of Mexico disaster is a greater eruption—possibly due to a nuclear detonation to contain the leak—releasing trillions of barrels of oil, and killing the oceans.
Four lion cubs freed under Bolivia’s circus-animal ban arrived in San Francisco, heading to a new life in a northern California refuge run by the Performing Animal Welfare Society.
