European Union’s top diplomat criticized Israel over the conviction of Abdullah Abu Rahmeh, a leader of Palestinian protests against the West Bank separation barrier in Bil’in village.
Indigenous community leaders staged a take-over of Santiago-based Radio Bío-Bío to protest the station’s failure to report on the hunger strike of 32 Mapuche activists.
Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council approved 19 and rejected 15 of the 34 who applied to run for the presidency in elections scheduled for Nov. 28. Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean was among the rejected.
Henry Benítez Huamán, 14, died from a gunshot wound he received when police agents attacked protesters in the town of Kitena, in La Convención province of Peru’s southeastern Cusco region.
Thousands of Honduran workers marched in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula to demand an increase in the minimum wage and to show solidarity with teachers in the 14th day of an open-ended strike.
US military judge Col. Patrick Parrish rejected claims by Canadian Guantánamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr that his confession was a product of torture, allowing his trial to continue.
A court in Iran ordered the suspension of three top judiciary officials in connection with last year’s torture deaths of three detained protesters. The victims were beaten to death at Kahrizak detention center.
At the unveiling of a new bomber, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran “should seek the ability to make pre-emptive strikes against a perceived threat,” while also saying it would “never strike first.”
At least six militants were killed in a presumed US drone strike in Miranshah, in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region. The missiles hit minutes before the Ramadan fast was broken.
Ecuador announced it will renegotiate contracts with foreign oil companies, seeking up to 90% of revenues for the state. Under a new law, the state is 100% owner of crude oil resources.
The decapitated bodies of four men were hung from a bridge in the south-central Mexican city of Cuernavaca. The Beltran Leyva Cartel claimed responsibility in a message left with the bodies.
Zapotec campesino leader Pablo López Alavés of the Popular Indigenous Council of Oaxaca “Ricardo Flores Magón” (CIPO-RFM) is facing assault charges following an apparently illegal arrest.
