The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance joined critics of French mass deportations of Roma and demolition of their encampments. The commission accused France of “stigmatizing migrants.”
The UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) is on the defensive following reports of mass rapes a few kilometers from a MONUSCO base.
US Army Private First Class Nasser Abdo, 20, is seeking a discharge on the ground that his religious belief as a Muslim forbids him from fighting in any war as a member of the US military.
Bradley Manning, a 22-year-old intelligence analyst stationed in Iraq, stands accused of disclosing a classified video published by WikiLeaks that depicts US troops shooting civilians.
European Union’s top diplomat criticized Israel over the conviction of Abdullah Abu Rahmeh, a leader of Palestinian protests against the West Bank separation barrier in Bil’in village.
Indigenous community leaders staged a take-over of Santiago-based Radio Bío-Bío to protest the station’s failure to report on the hunger strike of 32 Mapuche activists.
At the unveiling of a new bomber, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran “should seek the ability to make pre-emptive strikes against a perceived threat,” while also saying it would “never strike first.”
At least six militants were killed in a presumed US drone strike in Miranshah, in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region. The missiles hit minutes before the Ramadan fast was broken.
Ecuador announced it will renegotiate contracts with foreign oil companies, seeking up to 90% of revenues for the state. Under a new law, the state is 100% owner of crude oil resources.
The decapitated bodies of four men were hung from a bridge in the south-central Mexican city of Cuernavaca. The Beltran Leyva Cartel claimed responsibility in a message left with the bodies.
Zapotec campesino leader Pablo López Alavés of the Popular Indigenous Council of Oaxaca “Ricardo Flores Magón” (CIPO-RFM) is facing assault charges following an apparently illegal arrest.
Venezuela and the US are both seeking the extradition of notorious drug lord Walid Makled AKA “The Turk,” who was arrested in a joint operation by Colombian police and the DEA in Cúcuta.
