Mauritania registered its first suicide bombing when an attacker presumably linked to al-Qaeda blew himself up outside the French Embassy in Nouakchott, injuring two security guards.
Bolivia’s Evo Morales announced he will request that South American leaders reject the opening of foreign military bases on the continent at the upcoming Quiot summit.
The Mexican Catholic bishops’ conference issued a statement criticizing federal police for bursting into a Mass to apprehend an alleged cartel lieutenant.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Appropriations foreign operations subcommittee, blocked a State Department human rights report that would free $100 in Plan Mexico funds.
A Roma woman was shot dead and her 13-year-old daughter gravely injured when their house was attacked early Monday—the latest in a series of attacks on Roma.
Chinese authorities released a letter purportedly written by relatives of the exiled Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer blaming her for last month’s deadly unrest in Xinjiang.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court suspended a hearing on whether to re-arrest Hafiz Saeed, founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group said to have been behind last year’s Mumbai attacks.
The Israeli Defense Forces again raided the West Bank village of Bil’in, arresting seven Palestinians and one US solidarity activist. Since June, 25 village residents have been detained.
The IDF is conducting criminal investigations into “misconduct” by their soldiers during the Gaza Strip offensive. Israel has already rejected international reports on abuses in the Gaza campaign.
The state agency PeruPetro pledges to go ahead with delayed Amazon oil auctions by year’s end—despite the threat of renewed protests by indigenous groups.
The 18,000-year-old Chacaltaya glacier overlooking La Paz has vanished six years earlier than scientists predicted, threatening water supplies to the Bolivian capital.
At least 185 Lou Nuer tribespeople were killed in South Sudan's Jonglei state by Murle fighters. The fighting has claimed several hundred lives this year—more than in Darfur.
