Two men charged with plotting to blow up New York’s John F. Kennedy airport were found guilty by a federal jury in Brooklyn, as Trinidad announced plans to probe the 1990 Islamist coup attempt.
While assistance is being provided to hundreds of thousands of flood-stricken Pakistanis, the UN says relief supplies are reaching only a fraction of the millions who need help.
Thousands of protesters again filled the streets in Indian-controlled Kashmir after security forces killed four people and injured at least eight others for defying a curfew.
Israeli soldiers used force to shut down weekly non-violent anti-wall protests in villages across the West Bank, with clashes and tear gas reported in Nil’in and al-Ma’sara.
Fuel for generators is running out as the power crisis in Gaza continues, despite Israel’s supposed easing of the siege. Gaza officials warn that power plants will have to shut down again this weekend.
The Israel Government Tourist Office (IGTO) lost an appeal of a ban by the the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority on a vacation advertisement that described the Western Wall as part of Israel.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced it will conduct an investigation into the May flotilla incident. The investigatory commission will report to the UN panel established to probe the incident.
The controversial military trial of Canadian Guantánamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr was suspended following the collapse of his lawyer during opening testimony. The trial has been criticized by the UN.
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) accused Congress of “appeasing anti-immigrant xenophobes” in approving $600 million in emergency spending for border security.
A crowd of about 300 villagers blocked a main road in eastern Afghanistan and chanted “Death to the US!” The protest came after a raid by US forces in which they said three villagers were killed.
Obama said the US can safely meet a deadline for removing combat troops from Iraq by year’s end—despite the fact that the country has still failed to form a new government.
Colombia’s new President Juan Santos met with Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez in a move to restore relations. The meeting took place at Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino, where Simón Bolívar died in 1830.
