Escalating violence involving drug trafficking organizations in Central America has reached “alarming and unprecedented levels,†making it one of the most violent areas in the world, the United Nations anti-narcotics panel stressed in its annual report which was launched today.
27 February 2012 – The United Nations said today it is relocating international staff from its office in the northern province of Kunduz which was attacked this weekend, reportedly by protesters angry over last week’s burning of copies of the Koran by United States soldiers.
WASHINGTON — Eight artifacts that were illegally exported from Guatemala in two separate incidents were officially returned to the country at a repatriation ceremony Friday at the Guatemalan Embassy in Washington.
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama called the commander of the International Security Assistance Force Saturday to offer condolences for the “tragic killing of U.S. troops†in Kabul and to discuss the ongoing violence in Afghanistan.