Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell nearly 46% to the lowest annual loss on record in 2009, the government reports—but environmentalists warn that the rainforest is still being destroyed.
A report in the journal Science finds contraction of Greenland’s ice sheet is accelerating, as the binational Lake Titicaca Authority warns that water levels in the lake have fallen dangerously.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Tokyo despite a heavy police presence during Barack Obama’s visit to demand an end to US bases under the banner “Break up the Japan-US summit.”
Colombian authorities have ordered 2,500 army troops to reinforce security in southwestern Cauca department after nine soldiers were killed in a surprise attack by FARC guerillas.
Gov. CĂ©sar PĂ©rez of the Venezuelan border state of Táchira accused President Hugo Chávez of protecting Colombian guerillas that operate on his state’s territory—and disarming his police.
An editorial in the Honduran daily El Tiempo thanks the OAS for not recognizing the pending elections—and accuses the US of seeking a “happy end” at the cost of “constitutional order.”
Iranian authorities hanged Kurdish activist Ehsan Fattahian, 28, in Sanandaj Prison, Kordestan province. He was accused of “armed struggle” and “enmity against God.”
Iraq's central government and Kurdistan Regional Government must protect besieged minorities in the disputed territories of Nineveh province, Human Rights Watch says in a new report.
The ACLU has filed suit on behalf of US citizen Amir Mesha, alleging that FBI agents were involved in his interrogation and rendition in Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia in 2007.
Four Uighurs being held at Guantánamo Bay are challenging their pending transfer on grounds that they will be denied the right to sue in the federal courts once outside the US.
More than 350 Taliban inmates are on hunger strike at the Sarposa prison in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province in response to harsh conditions, including abuse by guards.
The Environmental Protection Agency has directed two of its lawyers to makes changes to a YouTube video they posted that is critical of the Obama administration’s climate change policy.
