A NATO airstrike reportedly killed six civilians, including two children in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, while the Taliban executed a young couple for attempting to elope in Nimroz province.
After a visit to Chile, UN special rapporteur for indigenous rights James Anaya found there is evidence that police use excessive violence against the indigenous Mapuche communities.
US prosecutors filed an indictment charging that ex-CIA “asset” Luis Posada Carriles perjured himself when he told immigration authorities he was not involved in the bombing of two Havana hotels in 1997.
At least 5,000 workers have been laid off recently in free trade zone (FTZ) factories in the Dominican Republic’s Santiago province, according to the United Unions Federation, which is made up of 38 unions in the northern Dominican Republic. FTZs… Read moreDominican Republic: layoffs hit FTZs
A spokesperson for the Iranian Judiciary announced that imprisoned US journalist Roxana Saberi has been tried on espionage charges. The proceedings were closed to the public.
US Army Sgt. John Hatley entered a plea of not guilty to murder charges at his court-martial for the killing of four unarmed Iraqi prisoners in 2007.
The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the April 12 killing of Sitara Achakzai, a women’s rights advocate in Afghanistan and a member of Kandahar’s provincial assembly.
Six paramilitary troops were killed in India’s Orissa state as Naxalite guerillas attacked a bauxite mine. Days earlier, a Naxalite ambush on a jungle patrol in Chhattisgarh left 10 troops dead.
The army is carrying out searches in the Valle del Ríos Apurimac y Ene (VRAE) zone of Peru’s Ayacucho region following Sendero Luminoso ambushes that left 13 soldiers dead.
US agents in El Paso deported Gulf Cartel kingpin José Manuel Garza Rendón back to Mexico across the international bridge with Ciudad Juárez. He already served a nine-year term in a US federal prison.
For the third time in less than a week, an industrial fire scarred the skies of Ciudad Juárez, raising fears of toxic pollution across the borderlands.
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales is on hunger strike to protest efforts by opposition lawmakers to block an electoral bill that will assign more seats to poor rural areas where he has widespread support.
