A House committee has launched an investigation into claims that US military contractors in Afghanistan are paying the Taliban to guarantee the safety of their transportation convoys.
Iran’s apparent seizure of an oil well on Iraqi territory comes on the eve of an OPEC summit in which Iraq’s ambitious designs to boost output could upset plans for price hikes.
For the second time this week, air-strikes are reported from Yemen—this time against purported al-Qaeda targets in the country’s north, leaving 34 dead.
The Justice Department has announced charges against three purported al-Qaeda militants for arranging a cocaine deal with an infiltrator posing as a FARC representative.
Former Khmer Rouge head of state and “Brother Number Five” Khieu Samphan has been charged with genocide of Cambodia’s Vietnamese and the Cham Muslim minorities.
Amsterdam summoned the Venezuelan ambassador to explain accusations by Hugo Chávez that the Netherlands are colluding with the US by allowing military access to the Dutch Antilles.
In a statement released on the Internet, Colombia’s two guerilla armies, the FARC and ELN, announced they intend to unite, saying “Our only enemy is North American Imperialism.”
Special forces from the Mexican military killed top kingpin Arturo Beltrán Leyva in a firefight in Cuernavaca. The local human rights commission reports one by-stander was also killed.
Chad launched air-strikes against rebels supposedly backed by Sudan, while Sudanese security forces used tear gas to break up opposition protests in Khartoum.
A federal judge in Washington DC granted Yemeni Guantánamo Bay detainee Saeed Hatim’s petition for habeas corpus, ordering his release.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court struck down the National Reconciliation Ordinance that granted President Asif Ali Zardari and 8,000 other government officials immunity from corruption charges.
Citing the “biohazard” created by blood-stained money, a judge sentenced Ellen Barfield of War Resisters League to 25 days in jail for a protest at a Senate hearing on Afghanistan.
