The UN Human Rights Council dropped an EU draft resolution calling for a probe of war crimes during Sri Lanka’s recently-concluded war on the Tamil Tigers, instead adopting Sri Lanka’s own draft.
Georgian troops rounded up month-long military exercises at Vaziani military base that have angered Russia. The month of the exercises saw a protest campaign and apparent Moscow-backed coup attempt
The Obama administration urged the Supreme Court to reject a petition filed by 14 Chinese Uighurs held at Guantánamo Bay seeking their release.
The UK’s Defense Ministry admitted that their pilots in Afghanistan are firing an increasing number of “enhanced blast” thermobaric weapons, designed to kill everyone in buildings they strike.
Three men were hanged for their supposed involvement in a May 28 bomb attack that killed 25 and injured over 100 at a mosque in Iran’s eastern city of Zahedan, Baluchistan province.
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The 24-hour curfew in Pakistan’s embattled Swat Valley has led to severe shortages of food, water and medicines, creating a humanitarian crisis, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).
At least 244 people have been killed this week in clashes between the Misseriya and Rizeqat tribes on the border of the regions of Darfur and South Kordofan, Sudan.
The photographs of detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison that President Obama does not want to release include depictions of rape and sexual assault, according to former Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba.
A US federal judge sentenced the Holy Land Foundation (HLF) and five of its officials pursuant to their convictions of providing material support to Palestinian group Hamas.
In an operation involving hundreds of Mexican soldiers and federal police, a total of 27 mayors and public officials were arrested in President Felipe Calderón’s home state, Michoacán.
Enrique Torres, leader of ejidatarios (communal farmers) who led blockades of mining operations for two weeks last year in Huizopa, Chihuahua, was arrested by state police.
