Yemen’s defense ministry denied claims that al-Qaeda has infiltrated the country’s security forces following a deadly suicide attack on South Korean tourists.
Israel unlawfully and extensively used white phosphorous munitions in the Gaza offensive, according to a report released by Human Rights Watch, calling it “neither incidental nor accidental.”
The Israel Defense Forces announced it will conduct an internal investigation into mounting reports that Israeli soldiers committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip operation.
The US Border Patrol intends to employ a chemical herbicide to eradicate Carrizo cane, an invasive plant that provides convenient cover for undocumented border crossers and smugglers.
About 25,000 members of the indigenous Movement of Triqui Unification and Struggle (MULT) marched in Oaxaca City to demand that the government open talks on rights violations in the state.
Mexico’s Finance Secretariat ruled that due to the crisis, exceptions can be made to a law banning foreign governments from owning Mexican banks—a reference to Citibank-owned Banamex.
The National Security Archive has released declassified documents showing the US government knew US-backed Guatemalan officials were behind the disappearance of thousands in the civil war.
Former US president Bill Clinton and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Haiti on March 9 along with a large group of private investors for a 24-hour visit they said was aimed at increasing international aid for the country…. Read moreHaiti: Lavalas marches, students protest
Negotiations continue 10 days after the French government signed an accord ending the general strike that had paralyzed Martinique since Feb. 5.
Rights organizations say more than 300 families have been displaced by the Peruvian army’s Plan “Excelencia 777,” launched to take Vizcatán zone from narco-trafficking and “terrorist” groups.
Colombia’s state oil company Ecopetrol is to enter territory inhabited by some of the world’s last uncontacted indigenous peoples in the Peruvian rainforest under an agreement reached this week.
In a move aimed at appeasing US Congressional opposition to the free trade agreement, Bogotá has ordered palm oil companies to return thousands of acres to displaced Afro-Colombian peasants.
