Violence has rocked the Nigerian city of Jos since Christmas eve bombings left 32 dead. Riots have pitted Christians against Muslims, with both churches and mosques vandalized.
Some 600 dissidents arrested in Belarus over the past week—as so-called “progressives” in the West rally uncritically around the accused rapist who put those dissidents at risk.
Iraqi Christians are fleeing to the autonomous Kurdish region and particularly the town of Ankawa, which has become a safe haven for Christians, thanks to its special status.
Italian authorities say an anarchist cell claimed responsibility for parcel bomb attacks on the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome, in which two staff members were injured.
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that it expects to start repatriating Haitian immigrants with criminal records in January, ending a temporary suspension.
One protester was killed and three arrested when Haitian police dispersed residents protesting a dump near the Duvivier neighborhood in Port-au-Prince’s impoverished Cité Soleil section.
Honduran police, soldiers and private guards injured three campesinos and detained 12 during an attempt to evict a family from their home in Coyolito on the Zacate Grande peninsula.
Mexico and Venezuela re both “looking to assert [their] leadership in the region, particularly in Central America,” according to a leaked US embassy cable.
Mexican human rights activist Marisela Escobedo Ortiz was buried in Ciudad Juárez two days after she was shot dead by an unidentified man as she was protesting in front of the state government office.
Bolivian prosecutors brought charges against 39 people over an alleged plot to assassinate President Evo Morales and launch an armed rebellion last year.
Police in Argentina sealed off the Villa Soldati area of Buenos Aires following violence between squatters, authorities and local residents in which at least three have been killed.
The governments of Brazil and Argentina announced that they are recognizing Palestine as an independent state within the borders defined in 1967.
