The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial killings urged an investigation of possible war crimes after authenticating a video of Tamil Tiger members being executed by Sri Lanka’s military.
US authorities announced charges against two former employees of security firm Blackwater in connection with the May 5 shooting death of two Afghans in Kabul.
Honduran prosecutors filed charges against three military chiefs in the ouster of president Manuel Zelaya in June—but Zelaya himself dismissed the move as a political “trick.”
Unknown assailants carried out an arson attack against the Garifuna-language Radio Coco Dulce at Triunfo de la Cruz on the Caribbean coast of Honduras.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed stricter smog standards that would replace the Bush administration’s broader 2008 national smog regulations.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced new rules for obtaining oil and gas drilling leases on public lands, increasing oversight and public input, and overturning Bush-era reforms.
The Justice Department has decided on a military prosecution for Afghan Guantánamo Bay detainee Obaidullah, the sixth Gitmo detainee to have his case referred for military trial.
One in five detainees freed from the US military prison at Guantánamo Bay have returned to terrorist activities, according to a new Pentagon report.
Blackwater reached a settlement in seven federal lawsuits filed by Iraqi citizens that claimed the security firm created a reckless culture that resulted in numerous deaths.
Thousands of Coptic Christians clashed with police in southern Egypt during a funeral procession for seven people shot dead as they left a Christmas service hours earlier.
War killed hundreds of children and adversely affected many others in 2009—the deadliest year for Afghan children since 2001—says a new report by the Afghanistan Rights Monitor.
Guam residents protested against plans to relocate US Marines to the island from Okinawa, as Okinawans continue to press for removing the troops from their own island.
