Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte declared a "state of lawlessness" after a deadly bomb blast at a market in the southern city of Davao by the ISIS-affiliated Abu Sayyaf group.
China called on Kyrgyzstan to take urgent measures to ensure the safety of Chinese nationals and institutions following a deadly blast at Beijing's embassy in Bishkek.
Communal farmers in Mexico's Morelos state clashed with riot police at a protest over construction of an aqueduct bringing water to a new gas-fired power plant.
Bill Weinberg rants against the conspiranoid notion that the US intentionally created ISIS, dismissed as a "fairy tale" by progressive supporters of the Syrian Revolution.
The Mexican state of Jalisco is bracing for a feared explosion of violencie after the son of the country's top drug lord, "Chapo" Guzmán, was kidnapped by rivals.
A group of mothers in Veracruz who came together to search for missing loved ones announced the disovery of 28 clandestine graves with remains of some 40 bodies.
Ahwazi Arab farmers in Iran's Khuzestan province protested outside the state sugar refinery to oppose the company's confiscation of 1,000 hectares of agricultural land.
The Syrian town of Daraya, now being completely evacuated by regime forces, is iconic for the country's revolution. It saw the strongest non-violent resistance to the regime in the early days of the uprising, with efforts to promote cross-sectarian co-existence. Protesters… Read moreDaraya: from roses to evacuation
After four years of siege and bombardment, the evacuation is underway of civilians and rebels from Daraya, the Damascus suburb that was an early cradle of the revolution.
A deputy interior minister in Bolivia's government was abducted and killed by striking miners in a conflict over privatization of mineral claims on the Altiplano.
Thousands marched peacefully in Quito to oppose the "totalitarianism and repression" of President Rafael Correa—whose supporters held large counter-demonstrations.
A court in the Argentine province of Córdoba handed life sentences to 28 former military officers over "crimes against humanity" committed under the dictatorship.
