Guatemalan President Pushes Drug Decriminalization

Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina has announced the Central American country will defy U.S. orders and decriminalize drugs to put an end to the U.S.-led drug war. "We are not doing what the United States says, we are doing what we have to do," said Perez, who...

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Hundreds of Protesters Wounded, Detained in Bahrain

More than 120 protesters have been wounded and hospitalized this week after Bahrain's security forces attacked them on the streets, as the Shiite opposition commemorated the one year anniversary of the uprisings. While the Obama administration quietly pushed through...

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GOP Objects to Nuclear Arms Reductions

Congressional Republicans on Wednesday reacted hysterically to the Obama administration's proposal to cut the size of the U.S. nuclear arsenal by as much as 80 percent. Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) vowed he and his congressional allies would "do everything we possibly can...

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