Iran
Obama threatens to nuke Iran?
Iran will lodge a complaint at the UN against remarks by President Obama that Washington could use nuclear weapons against Tehran.
Author: CounterVortex
Palestine
Israeli rights groups protest orders for West Bank deportations
Israeli rights groups are protesting new military orders that will make any West Bank resident without a permit liable for deportation or imprisonment.
Inner Asia
Russia behind Kyrgyzstan regime change?
A former Kyrgyz opposition leader now in the new government said "Russia played its role in ousting Bakiyev"–to halt US access to Manas air base.
World War 4 Report on semi-hiatus
World War 4 Report will be at a reduced level of activity for the month of April while editor Bill Weinberg is traveling overseas.
Central America
Honduras: resistance remobilizes in response to state terror
Several thousand marched in Tegucigalpa to demand an end to the escalation of repression, and against the neoliberal policies of the new Honduran government.
Watching the Shadows
Obama names new chief for Gitmo tribunals
In a sign that the administration is preparing a return to military tribunals at Guantánamo, the Pentagon installed a retired admiral with international law experience to run the war court.
Europe
Deadly suicide blasts hit Moscow metro
Russian authorities say they suspect a North Caucasus militant group in the coordinated suicide blasts that left at least 35 dead on the Moscow metro.
Mexico
Our readers write: US intervention in Mexico?
If violence continues to escalate in northern Mexico, will the US intervene militarily? Will it happen this year? Our readers weigh in…
The Andes
Colombia: FARC to release hostages —despite new government raids
Colombia’s Sen. Piedad Córdoba is overseeing the release of two soldiers held by the FARC guerillas, even as authorities claimed a blow against the FARC’s financial networks.
The Andes
Colombia: drug recrim on hold —sort of
Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe announced that pending a decision on the penalty for possession, police will for now only be permitted to confiscate drugs rather than make an arrest.
The Andes
Bomb blast rocks Colombian port
At least six people were killed and 20 others injured when a car bomb exploded outside the mayor’s office in the Colombian Pacific port city of Buenaventura.
Greater Middle East
Yemen link seen in Saudi Qaeda sweep
Saudi Arabia announced the arrest of more than 100 in a supposed al-Qaeda plot based in neighboring Yemen to target the kingdom’s oil infrastructure.