The US military is preparing to hand over control of its last remaining detention center in Iraq—with the government still divided and deadly sectarian violence grinding on.
Israel’s Knesset voted to revoke parliamentary privileges from Arab MK Hanin Zuabi due to her participation in the Gaza aid flotilla that was attacked by the Israeli military in May.
Illegal mahogany loggers are plundering uncontacted indigenous peoples’ land in the depths of the Peruvian Amazon, according to a new report by the Upper Amazon Conservancy (UAC).
Former FARC guerilla hostage Ingrid Betancourt has asked for compensation from the Colombian government, alleging that her 2002 kidnapping resulted from state negligence.
Costa Rica has granted the US military a six-month window to bring 7,000 Marines, five planes and 46 warships into its territory to help intercept north-bound narcotics.
Somalia’s Shabab insurgents claimed responsibility for simultaneous attacks in Uganda’s capital that targeted crowds watching the World Cup final, leaving 74 dead.
The opposition candidate in the unrecognized independent republic of Somaliland prevailed over the incumbent president in elections. All parties have pledged to respect the result.
Oakland’s Police Chief Anthony Batts blames out-of-town “anarchists” for the disturbances that followed the involuntary manslaughter verdict in the police shooting of Oscar Grant.
Bolivia’s Defense Ministry has ordered an investigation of an incident in which a military jet fired a missile that passed within a meter of the tail of the presidential plane.
Mexican police foiled an attempt by Hezbollah to establish a network in Latin America, arresting a cell operative in Tijuana, the Kuwaiti newspaper al-Seyassah reported.
Mexico’s once-hegemonic political machine, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), reaped gains in gubernatorial races, with voters disillusioned by escalating narco-violence.
Francisco Chávez Abarca, wanted on terrorism charges in Cuba, was arrested by Venezuelan authorities and confessed to having been contracted by Luis Posada Carriles to carry out attacks.
