grassroots environmental group 350.org celebrated the more than one million comments submitted to the U.S. State Department by opponents of the KXL pipeline.
The general overseeing the Guantánamo military prison is reportedly downplaying the scope and significance of an ongoing hunger strike undertaken by detainees.
President Rafael Correa handily won a third term as Ecuador's head of state Sunday in a landslide victory demonstrating a "clear mandate" for the continuation of his progressive economic polities.
After a day of massive protests in Tunisia, ruling Islamist party Ennahda dissolved its coalition government on Wednesday, promising rapid new elections.