Several thousand marched in Tegucigalpa to demand an end to the escalation of repression, and against the neoliberal policies of the new Honduran government.
In a sign that the administration is preparing a return to military tribunals at Guantánamo, the Pentagon installed a retired admiral with international law experience to run the war court.
Russian authorities say they suspect a North Caucasus militant group in the coordinated suicide blasts that left at least 35 dead on the Moscow metro.
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Colombia’s Sen. Piedad Córdoba is overseeing the release of two soldiers held by the FARC guerillas, even as authorities claimed a blow against the FARC’s financial networks.
Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe announced that pending a decision on the penalty for possession, police will for now only be permitted to confiscate drugs rather than make an arrest.
At least six people were killed and 20 others injured when a car bomb exploded outside the mayor’s office in the Colombian Pacific port city of Buenaventura.
Saudi Arabia announced the arrest of more than 100 in a supposed al-Qaeda plot based in neighboring Yemen to target the kingdom’s oil infrastructure.
Amnesty International urged authorities in El Salvador to repeal an amnesty law that protects those responsible for thousands of killings and disappearances in the country’s armed conflict.
Top leaders from the US and Mexico agreed to emphasize intelligence coordination in the next $331 million phase of the Merida Initiative following discussions in Mexico City.
A long-simmering territorial dispute between India and Bangladesh has been resolved as an uninhabited Bay of Bengal island disappeared beneath the rising seas.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told cheering AIPAC delegates: “The Jewish people were building Jerusalem 3,000 years ago and the Jewish people are building Jerusalem today.”
