Nigerian authorities are holding 12 foreign oil executives in a $100 million bribery case—but last month settled with Halliburton, dropping charges against Dick Cheney.
Three bombings near mosques in central and northern Baghdad on Nov. 13 killed two people—hours after US Vice President Joe Biden arrived for meetings with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki
Israeli military forces with bolldozers demolished the “unrecognized” Palestinian village of Dkaika in the Jordan Valley, leaving some 60 residents homeless.
Thousands took to the streets across Jordan in “a day of rage” to protest escalating food prices and unemployment—the same day that Tunisia’s president was toppled by protesters.
Recent weeks have seen a spate of angry protests by Bedouin in both Jordan and Israel. Thousands battled security forces in the Jordanian city of Maan after two tribesmen were killed.
Israeli activist Yonatan Pollack began serving a prison term for riding his bicycle during a Tel Aviv protest against Operation Cast Lead two years ago, causing traffic jams.
As the Israeli military again bombed three sites in Gaza, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned that Hamas would “make a terrible mistake to test our will to defend our people.”
An Israeli court ruling overturned an Israeli Defense Forces decision to allow a Palestinian farmer to work a contested field near the West Bank settlement of Shiloh.
Jan. 12 marks the 60th anniversary of the UN Genocide Convention—which has demonstrably failed to stop numerous genocides, including some directly backed by the United States.
With forces loyal to ex-president Laurent Gbagbo fighting with rivals and UN troops in Abidjan, Ivory Coast is divided into hostile camps and Nigeria is threatening military intervention.
The right-wing chattering and blogging classes are squealing with unanimous denial that Jared Loughner was influenced by their recent effluence of militaristic thunder.
As South Sudan voted in its independence referendum, clashes between Dinka tribesmen and Arab militias left more than 60 dead in the disputed Abyei border enclave.
