Five were killed in a suicide attack on a girls’ school in Pakistan’s conflicted Baluchistan region. The target was apparently Maulana Shirani, an Islamist leader who has broken with the Taliban.
Supporters of outlawed Basque parties say that without the banning of their slate, they would be the majority in the regional parliament, with more than 100,000 voting for the banned candidates.
Lord Carlile, the UK’s independent reviewer of terror laws, called for a judicial inquiry into British complicity in US “rendition” and torture ion the wake of the Binyam Mohamed case.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied a Justice Department request to stop a suit brought by an Islamic charity alleging it was subject to illegal surveillance by the National Security Agency
A military jury at Kentucky’s Fort Campbell sentenced US Army First Lt. Michael Behenna to 25 years in prison after convicting him of the murder and assault of an Iraqi detainee.
Police in Bangladesh charged more than 1,000 members of the Bangladesh Rifles in last week’s mutiny, which killed dozens of top officers, including the force’s commander.
Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed said he would support the imposition of a “moderate” form of sharia law as part of a cease-fire agreement with the country’s insurgents.
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda sentenced former priest Emmanuel Rukundo to 25 years imprisonment Feb. 27 after convicting him of genocide and crimes against humanity.
Security forces in Madagascar’s capital fired teargas to disperse looters after an anti-government protest. Civil unrest has left 125 dead since the protest campaign began in January.
Russia and Denmark met in Moscow to discuss rival claims to Arctic waters opened by the shrinking of the ice cap—with a estimated 13% of the world’s undiscovered oil and 30% of undiscovered gas.
After Obama took office, the Washington Post announced: “Bush’s ‘War’ On Terror Comes to a Sudden End.” Does this mean World War 4 Report has outlived its mission?
Bloody clashes between the Sudan Armed Forces and Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) in Upper Nile state has renewed fears that the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement is breaking down.
