Africa
South Sudan: renewed war on independence day
On the fifth anniversary of its independence from Khartoum, South Sudan is again descending into civil war, with last year's tentative peace deal breaking down.
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Central America
Another environmental activist slain in Honduras
An army deserter says US-backed death squads within the Honduran military are responsible for a wave of assassinations targeting indigenous and ecologist leaders.
Southern Cone
Paraguay: demand freedom for massacre survivors
Rights activists in Paraguay are demanding acquittal of 11 peasants facing charges related to the 2012 massacre at Curuguaty, which led to removal of the country's leftist president.
North America
Killer robot took out Dallas sniper: first in policing
As human rights groups call for restrictions on use of killer robots in actual warfare, we have seen the first lethal use of such a device in domestic policing.
Iraq
Demand war crimes trial for ISIS leaders
Human Rights Watch called on the Iraqi and Kurdish Regional Government authorities to prosecute ISIS fighters for war crimes against the Yazidi minority.
Greater Middle East
ISIS executes civil resistance media activists
ISIS executed five media activists in Syria's eastern province of Deir Ezzor, warning that anyone who tries to document the group's atrocities will never be safe from retribution.
Iraq
Fears for Fallujah ‘disappeared’
Shi'ite militiamen who fought alongside the Iraqi army in the battle for Fallujah are believed to have seized some 900 civilian men and boys and killed nearly 50.
Greater Middle East
Syria: jihadist factions accused in war crimes
Armed groups in Aleppo and surrounding areas in Syria's north have carried out a "chilling wave" of abductions, torture and summary killings, Amnesty International charges.
The Andes
Controversy over FARC ‘concentration zones’
Under the plan for demobilization of Colombia's FARC guerillas, special zones are to be established for fighters to "concentrate" and then be integrated into civilian life.
Democracy Goddess comes to Chinatown
The "Goddess of Democracy" became a global icon when it was raised by student protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989—before the movement was put down in the massacre of June 4. In the prelude to this year's anniversary of… Read moreDemocracy Goddess comes to Chinatown
Watching the Shadows
White House releases (contested) drone kill count
The White House said that up to 116 civilians have been killed by drone and other US strikes in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and Libya since Barack Obama took office in 2009.
Iraq
Entire population of Fallujah displaced
Iraqi forces backed by US warplanes have retaken Fallujah two years after the city fell to ISIS—but nearly the entire population, some 80,000 people, is now displaced.