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.
Ensco Offshore Company is pursuing a lawsuit against the moratorium on new drilling permits enacted after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill—despite the fact that it has been officially lifted.
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.
Mexican activists, local residents and state authorities committed to working for the rights of Central American immigrants at the conclusion of a caravan from Chiapas to Oaxaca.
Argentine labor ministry inspectors announced the discovery of 199 farm workers in conditions close to slavery on estates in the area of San Pedro, Buenos Aires province.
Criticism of both the Haitian government and the international community continues to mount as the Jan. 12 anniversary of Haiti’s devastating 2010 earthquake approaches.
The group Haitian Women’s Solidarity demanded international charges against the UN “peacekeeping force” in Haiti for introducing cholera to the nation.
It was still unclear when or whether the second round of Haiti’s controversial Nov. 28 presidential and legislative elections would take place.
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.
