The Pentagon says it will open a formal investigation into what Syrian monitoring groups say is the U.S.’s deadliest attack on civilians since the U.S. began bombing Syria nearly two years ago.... More
Lawyers representing former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva turned to the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva to denounce “illegal acts” and what they consider to be judicial persecution at the hands of Judge Sergio Moro, who is presiding over a corruption investigation involving the state oil company Petrobras. ... More
More than a dozen civilians have lost their lives and many more sustained injuries when fighter jets from the U.S.-led military coalition launched airstrikes against purported positions of the Takfiri Daesh militant group in Syria’s strategic northern province of Aleppo. ... More
German Chancellor Angela Merkel cut short her holiday on Thursday to return to Berlin to take on criticism over her government's relaxed border policies in the wake of a number of violent attacks within Germany.... More
Colombia's Health Ministry has opened an investigation over the alleged death of 51 Indigenous children due to malnutrition since the beginning of 2016 in the town of Bojaya, in the Choco province. The move comes one day after Senator Sofia Gaviria denounced the humanitarian situation in the Indigenous community in a plenary session. ... More
Anastasia Somoza, the great granddaughter of Nicaragua's U.S.-backed dictator, attended the Democratic National Convention to support Hillary Clinton's nomination. ... More
Italy has launched an anti-refugee media campaign to warn asylum seekers considering travelling to Europe of the perils they face. The "Aware Migrants" campaign was launched on Thursday on the internet, TV, radio and social media. ... More
A Chilean judge has ordered the re-enactment of the 1974 death of a leftist militant at the hands of the military dictatorship's secret police under Augusto Pinochet. ... More
Brazil's suspended president, Dilma Rousseff, has stated that she will not be participating in the opening ceremony of the Olympics Games to be held in Rio this August.... More
In Britain, more than 10,000 people have signed a petition demanding the British Parliament "hold Tony Blair to account" for the country’s participation in the 2003 Iraq War.... More
Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin says that she and her Venezuelan counterpart Delcy Rodriguez will meet August 4 to discuss the possibility of reopening their countries common border.... More
Flight crews at Air France have launched a week-long strike beginning on Wednesday after marathon talks failed on renewing a labor accord on rules, pay and promotions.... More
Anger is building up in Canada after the death of a Black man at the hands of police, prompting plans for protests by those who say police violence against the Black community is not solely a U.S. problem.... More
Prominent U.S. professor Noam Chomsky said Indigenous people in Latin America were the ones fighting back against decades of corporate exploitation. ... More
The suburbs of Paris are rising up once more against police killings, trying now to build up upon the U.S. movement Black Lives Matter as residents are furious over the death of another young Black man in police custody a week ago.... More
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