Amnesty International accused Israel of denying Palestinians the right to access adequate water by maintaining total control over shared water resources and pursuing discriminatory policies.
Hamas leaders are charging an Israeli plot to divide the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the wake of the latest violence at the Temple Mount, that left several injured and 20 detained.
Six months after the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war some 245,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) remain in camps, where aid donors are increasingly concerned over harsh conditions.
The scientific community finally acknowledges that “biofuels” fuel deforestation—and thereby result in a net increase in greenhouse gas emissions.
Santiago Alvarez, underwriter of accused right-wing Cuban terrorist Luis Posada Carriles and himself convicted in weapons stockpiling, was released from US immigration custody.
A Virginia federal judge affirmed in the notorious Blackwater/Xe case that the murder of civilians in connection with an armed conflict overseas is actionable in the US courts.
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention protested Spain’s imprisonment of Basque nationalist politician Karmelo Landa—as Madrid carried out more raids in the Basque Country.
Czech police charged 18 followers of the ultra-right White Justice and National Resistance organizations with plotting attacks following raids in Prague and other cities.
The FBI conducted anti-gang sweeps across South LA, arresting 74 suspected members of the Rolling 40s, as the DEA announced charges against 18 in a high-tech marijuana ring.
Staging raids across 19 states, the Justice Department claimed a major blow against the stateside networks of Mexico’s cultish “La Familia Michoacana” drug cartel.
The Guatemalan coast guard, with assistance from the US Navy, seized a small submarine carrying a record 10 tons of cocaine—likely the largest drug bust the country has seen.
The US military is providing intelligence from Predator drones to assist the Pakistani army in its anti-Taliban offensive in South Waziristan, the Los Angeles Times reports.
