Chairman of the US Senate Judiciary Committee Patrick Leahy (D-VT) called for creation of a truth commission to investigate the national security policies of the Bush administration.
The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, charging him with war crimes and crimes against humanity, but not genocide.
An EU court for Kosova reached its first verdict, sentencing ethnic Albanian Gani Gashi to 17 years for guilty of crimes committed during the Kosovo-Serbian conflict in 1998-1999.
Bosnia war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic refused to enter pleas to charges of genocide and crimes against humanity in a hearing of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Arguments began in the new trial of former Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, accused of embezzling and laundering nearly $20 billion from Yukos Oil.
The Argentinian government harshly condemned Leon Panetta, the new CIA director, for warning of an economic crisis in the country, calling it an “unacceptable interference” in its affairs.
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez ordered the army to seize control of all rice processing plants in the country, citing the companies’ failure to adhere to price control regulations.
The general strike in the French Caribbean department of Guadeloupe continues despite a preliminary agreement, making it the longest general strike France has experienced in more than 20 years.
Indigenous Hondurans closed off roads in Intibucá department in a 12-day mobilization against the destruction of forests in the territories of the Lenca people.
We’re more than half way to our necessary winter fund-drive goal of $2,000. Please help us meet this goal so we can continue our work. And please do it today, so we don’t have to extend the winter fund drive… Read morePlease help World War 4 Report survive
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Phoenix this weekend to protest Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and policies that critics charge violate immigrants’ basic human rights.
Protesters in motor-boats flying red flags circled the USS John C. Stennis chanting “carrier get out!” through megaphones as as the warship arrived for a visit to Japan’s Sasebo Naval Base.
