Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden submitted a request for temporary asylum in Russia on Tuesday, his lawyer said, claiming he faces persecution from the U.S. government and could face torture or death.
Panama detained a North a North Korean-flagged ship headed to the Panama Canal from Cuba and said Tuesday it was carrying suspected missile equipment hidden under tons of brown sugar, in which the ship's captain tried to commit suicide.
George Zimmerman, the man accused of murdering 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, was found not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter.
The Mexican marines have captured and arrested Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, head of the Zetas drug-gang leaders in a raid near the U.S. border. Morales was reportedly wanted on both sides of the border for running drugs on a worldwide scale and for ordering massacres. He was reportedly intercepted with two lieutenants in a pick-up truck near Nuevo Laredo, and Mexican officials said that he had eight guns and $2 million in cash.
