Protesters broke into a smelting works in China’s Shaanxi province, smashing trucks and tearing down fences, following a government report documenting lead poisoning in hundreds of local children.
Chinese artist and human rights activist Ai Weiwei says he was roughed up and detained by police when he tried to attend the trial of rights advocate Tan Zuoren, who has been charged with subversion.
Philippine Sen. Rodolfo Biazon called for suspension of peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), claiming the group helped fight the military during last week’s clash on Basilan Island.
A bomb blast killed at least seven in the Pakistani town of Charsadda. The Taliban claimed responsibility, saying the victims belonged to a tribe that had raised an anti-Taliban militia.
Mexico’s Supreme Court overturned the sentences of 22 men who were imprisoned in the 1997 massacre of 45 indigenous peasants at Acteal in southern Chiapas state.
Police in Peru fired tear gas to disperse protesters blocking a highway near Pisco. The protesters were denouncing government inaction on helping the southern town rebuild from a 2007 earthquake.
A leader in the movement opposed to re-opening the El Dorado goldmine in northeast El Salvador is in stable condition after being shot eight times in the back and legs.
The Yemeni army entered into its fifth day of deadly fighting against Zaydi Shi’ite insurgents in the north of the country.
Knesset member Dove Hannen was one of hundreds of international and Israeli peace activists who was tear gassed by soldiers at the weekly anti-wall protest in the village of Bil’in.
Hamas security forces in Rafah battled armed militants of the Jund Ansar Allah (“Warriors of God”), who had earlier in the day declared the Gaza Strip an “Islamic emirate.”
Supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya clashed with soldiers and police in the capital Tegucigalpa in two days of unrest throughout the city Aug. 11 and 12. Security forces fired tear gas to disperse a crowd of thousands and… Read moreHonduras: repression continues; Obama acquiescing in coup?
New aerial photos have revealed illegal loggers operating inside the Murunahua Reserve in the Peruvian Amazon, set aside for uncontacted and highly vulnerable indigenous tribes.
