Security forces raided a huge marijuana plantation in the southern Philippine island province of Sulu, Mindanao region. A military statement linked the militant Abu Sayyaf group to the plantation.
As the US prepares a new initiative to crack down on Somali pirates, going after the pirate bases in Puntland may provide the pretext for putting an end to the region’s hard-won autonomy.
Naxalite guerillas killed 17 in India’s “red corridor” of Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Orissa as voters went to the polls in elections for India’s Lok Sabha, or lower house of parliament.
US Army Sgt.John Hatley was convicted of murder and conspiracy in court-martial proceedings for the killing of four unarmed Iraqi prisoners, and sentenced to life with the possibility of parole.
Israel will not comply with a UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) investigation into possible war crimes that were committed during recent fighting in the Gaza Strip, officials said.
Guantánamo Bay detainee Mohammad El Gharani alleges that he has been recently abused by guards at the military prison, according to a report by AlJazeera.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano appointed former federal prosecutor Alan Bersin as special representative for border affairs, charged with overseeing enforcement efforts.
On the eve of his Mexico trip, President Obama moved to impose financial penalties on three Mexican drug cartels: the Sinaloa Cartel, Los Zetas and La Familia Michoacana.
Protesters gathered outside the Hotel Presidente Intercontinental in Mexico City as US President Obama arrived to deliver a letter demanding rights for immigrants in the United States.
Mexican lawmakers opened a debate on the legalization of marijuana as a possible strategy to tackle the country’s powerful drug cartels—sparking harsh criticisms from the DEA.
Manuel Rosales, mayor of Venezuela’s second city Maracaibo, has dropped out of sight after President Hugo Chávez vowed on national TV to have him imprisoned.
Daniel Rendón Herrera AKA “Don Mario,” Colombia’s most wanted drug lord, was captured in Urabá with 30 henchmen. He is accused of involvement in 3,000 homicides over the last 18 months.
