A Chinese farmer resorted to the use of improvised rockets to fend off demolition crews sent to evict him from his lands to make way for the construction of commercial buildings.
A Chinese appeals court upheld the conviction of earthquake activist Tan Zuoren who was sentenced in February to five years in prison on subversion charges.
Amnesty International urged European leaders to stop the upcoming deportation of asylum seekers to Iraq because their human rights may be violated in unsafe regions of the country.
The US Navy will appeal an appeals court ruling overturning the conviction of US Marine Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins III in the kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi civilian in Hamdania.
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals denied a habeas corpus petition for Yemeni Gitmo detainee Adham Mohammed Ali Awad, allowing for his continued incarceration by the US.
Two natural gas pipeline explosions in as many days—one in the Texas Panhandle, and one just outside Dallas-Ft. Worth—have left four dead and several more injured.
World oil consumption dropped by 1.2 million barrels a day last year, the biggest decline since 1982, according to BP, while the Energy Department predicts falling prices next year.
Mexican and US authorities are investigating the death of a 14-year-old boy who was shot near the Juárez-El Paso crossing, apparently by a US Border Patrol agent.
As many as 2,000 Mexican police, supported by helicopters, invaded the Cananea copper mine in Sonora, firing tear gas and attacking and beating workers who were defending the mine.
After 16 years, Peru’s congress finally passed into law the rights enshrined in International Labor Organization Convention 169, which commits nations to protecting indigenous and tribal peoples.
Pemex has accused BASF, Murphy Energy and other US companies of buying stolen natural gas condensate from Mexican bandits, according to a lawsuit filed in Houston federal court.
Physicians for Human Rights is presenting evidence that doctors and officials performed human experimentation and research on individuals in CIA detention, in violation of the Nuremberg Code.
