Five Yemeni soldiers were killed in in a suspected al-Qaeda ambush in the south, while in the north dozens of pro-government tribesmen were killed in clashes with Shi’ite Houthi rebels.
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega accused Colombia of granting oil exploration permits in waters disputed between the two countries—with a case still pending at the International Court of Justice.
5,000 indigenous campesinos marched in downtown Bogotá to protest the pact giving US forces access to Colombian military bases. The march came amid Colombia’s official bicentennial celebrations.
Eight have been arrested following a clash between villagers and workers at a coal mine in Shaanxi province. Control of the village-owned mine was usurped by private investors.
The US and China are holding dueling military maneuvers in the Yellow Sea—just as it has been fouled by the worst oil spill in China’s history, following a pipeline blast at the port of Dalian.
A new report from the General Accounting Office finds that only 9% of the $1.6 billion pledged by Washington to Mexico and Central America for drug enforcement has been delivered.
US senators are demanding that BP face a criminal investigation into its possible role in freeing convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi as a kickback for a Libyan oil deal.
Colombia is demanding the OAS address Bogotá’s accusation that FARC guerrillas are operating out of Venezuelan territory. Venezuela dismissed the charges as a “pathetic media spectacle.”
Nearly 400 have been killed in recent clashes between the Sudanese army and Darfur’s main rebel group, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM)—the worst fighting in the region in two years.
A mosque and adjoining shrines were destroyed in an explosion at Ashkail village in Pakistan’s Khyber tribal region, near the Afghan border. Some shrines held the remains of Sufi saints.
The Jundallah militant organization claimed responsibility for coordinated suicide blasts that killed at least 27 during an evening prayer ceremony at the Grand Mosque in Zahedan.
US Judge John G. Koeltl decided to increase the sentence of attorney Lynne Stewart, 70, from 28 months to 10 years, citing her lack of remorse for distributing a client’s press release.
