Trial sparked widespread criticism for irregularities and partisanship.

Russian fighter jets bombard busy areas in IS-held al-Quria.

Marks major headway in ending 5 decades of bloody conflict.

by Erin Wright Confrontation sparked after arrests of union bosses.

Mexican police have arrested a teachers' union leader accused of siphoning off money raised illegally from union members in the southern city of Oaxaca. Ruben Nunez has led a decade-long fight for better pay and working conditions.

By Erin Wright Teachers who defied a strike call targeted, humiliated.

116 bodies exhumed in Morelos as rights activists monitor gravesite.

Tremor was aftershock of deadly quake that hit country last month.

4,000 more oil workers on standby as blaze heads north.

President lauds seizure of massive domestic haul worth $240 million.