The opposition candidate in the unrecognized independent republic of Somaliland prevailed over the incumbent president in elections. All parties have pledged to respect the result.
The International Criminal Court finally charged Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir with genocide in relation to the Darfur conflict. African Union leaders say they will not honor the warrant.
An Israeli military probe found intelligence and planning errors in the deadly Gaza Strip flotilla raid—but also concluded that no punishments are necessary.
Oakland’s Police Chief Anthony Batts blames out-of-town “anarchists” for the disturbances that followed the involuntary manslaughter verdict in the police shooting of Oscar Grant.
Bolivia’s Defense Ministry has ordered an investigation of an incident in which a military jet fired a missile that passed within a meter of the tail of the presidential plane.
Mexican police foiled an attempt by Hezbollah to establish a network in Latin America, arresting a cell operative in Tijuana, the Kuwaiti newspaper al-Seyassah reported.
Mexico’s once-hegemonic political machine, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), reaped gains in gubernatorial races, with voters disillusioned by escalating narco-violence.
Francisco Chávez Abarca, wanted on terrorism charges in Cuba, was arrested by Venezuelan authorities and confessed to having been contracted by Luis Posada Carriles to carry out attacks.
World leaders commemorated the 1995 Srebrenica massacre July 11, and genocide convictions have been handed down—but the accused massacre mastermind Ratko Mladic remains at large.
Obama’s “humiliation” at the hands of Netanyahu has Washington’s “pragmatists” paranoid about a Zionist Occupied Government—because they fail to grasp Israel’s assigned role in the imperial order.
The Israel Defense Forces announced that several Israeli soldiers will face disciplinary action for their role in the 2008-2009 Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip.
A Syrian military court sentenced lawyer and activist Haitham Maleh to three years in prison for campaigning against the emergency rule under which Syria has been governed since 1963.
