The Guardian
Friday, July 8, 2016 - 06:36
On 2 March 2016, armed men burst into the home of Berta Cáceres, a prominent environmental and indigenous activist in Honduras, and shot her to death. Earlier that day, the government had rescinded Ms Cáceres’s meager security detail, leaving her unprotected. Of the 33 threats against her, including death threats, none had been investigated.
Thursday, July 7, 2016 - 06:51
The Chilcot inquiry has delivered a damning verdict on the decision by former prime minister Tony Blair to commit British troops to the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Friday, July 1, 2016 - 06:39
U.S. prosecutors say officers ensured the safe passage of cocaine by capitalizing on bribes along with leaked information about investigations and checkpoints
Friday, July 1, 2016 - 06:39
Anti-arms trade campaigners have won the first round of a legal attempt to prevent the government from selling weapons to Saudi Arabia because of allegations of widespread civilian deaths in Yemen.
Thursday, June 30, 2016 - 06:42
Scores of innocent women have been illegally arrested and tortured by Mexican security services looking to boost arrest figures to justify the war on drugs, according to damning new research by Amnesty International.
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 - 06:51
Nicaragua has expelled six foreign environmental activists after they were detained on allegations of handling explosive substances without authorization, a lawyer and the Mexican government said Tuesday.
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 - 06:38
Georgia is abolishing conscription, becoming one of the first former Soviet republics no longer to require men to serve in the military.
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - 06:59
Berta Cáceres, the murdered environmental campaigner, appeared on a hitlist distributed to U.S.-trained special forces units of the Honduran military months before her death, a former soldier has claimed.
Friday, June 17, 2016 - 07:11
Brazil’s tourism minister has resigned less than two months before the country hosts the Olympics, as the government of interim President Michel Temer lost its third minister in a month to a sweeping graft inquiry of state oil company Petrobras.
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - 06:13
Despite electoral promises that Boko Haram would be eliminated within twelve months, the terror group still ranks as one of the most deadly and poses a serious security threat in the northern areas of the country.