In the third day of mass protests, Palestinians marched throughout West Bank cities on Sept. 6, calling on the Palestinian Authority to set a minimum wage, create jobs for the unemployed and lower university fees. Taxi drivers, angry at a… Read morePalestinian Spring
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said he would resign if that is the will of the people, amid growing protests across the West Bank over the rising cost of living.
Israel’s Supreme Court ordered the state to release the “red lines document” which purportedly established the minimum caloric intake required for Gaza residents.
While the Democrats are partying in Charlotte, the drone war in Yemen has gone into “overdrive,” leaving scores dead in recent days—to little notice in the US media.
During the administration of George W. Bush, the US tortured opponents of Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi and transferred them to Libya, Human Rights Watch charges.
With Tehran revealed to be supplying Damascus with arms through Iraqi airspace, events in Syria could be propelling the US towards unprecedented military commitments.
Obama capitulates at the last minute and puts wording in the Democratic platform calling for an undivided Jerusalem. Now who exactly is getting “thrown under the bus”?
Venezuelan officials investigating the reported massacre of an isolated Yanomami community say they found no evidence of the attack—a claim dismissed by indigenous advocates.
An oil spill at a refinery operated by the Venezuelan parastatal PDVSA on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao threatens a nature reserve which is a critical flamingo habitat.
Colombia’s FARC guerillas released a YouTube rap video to announce peace talks with the government. The talks are to open next month in Oslo, with Cuban mediation.
Indigenous communities in Bolivia's TIPNIS rainforest reserve have declared a state of "peaceful resistance" to the consultation process for a road through the territory.
The US praised the decision of Guatemala’s Constitutional Court allowing former president Alfonso Portillo to be extradited to the US on charges of embezzling foreign donations.
