Independent sources say the ominous border clash was sparked when Eritrean troops shot at military deserters and an Ethiopia-backed armed opposition group returned fire.
A court in Ecuador's city of Loja sentenced two indigenous activists to four years in prison for their role in protests last year. Supporters gathered outside the courthouse.
The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by the government of Ecuador of a $96 million arbitration settlement awarded to Chevron oil company.
Rojda Felat, a Kurdish revolutionary feminist, is leading the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces' offensive on Raqqa, capital of Islamic State's self-declared caliphate. A three-year veteran of the struggle against ISIS, she is serving as commander of 15,000 Kurdish and Arab… Read moreSyria: Kurdish feminist leads anti-ISIS offensive
Hundreds have been detained in protests across Kazakhstan over a new government policy to privatize farmlands and open the agricultural sector to foreign capital.
Campesinos launched a strike across Colombia, with some 100,000 blocking highways and effectively shutting down at least half of the country's 32 departments.
A federal judge in Mexico ruled that drug lord "Chapo" Guzmán may be extradited to the US—where he faces numerous federal charges of trafficking, kidnapping and murder.
An uprising in the indigneous municipality of Chenalhó ousted the mayor from Mexico's Green Party—assailed as a "satellite" of the ruling PRI linked to paramilitary groups.
Striking teachers took over radio and TV stations in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, capital of Mexico's Chiapas state, in an ongoing campaign against President Enrique Peña Nieto's government.
The Niger Delta Avengers struck four pipelines in three days, halting production at facilities operated by Chevron, Shell, Agip and Nigeria's state oil company.
On Argentina's Revolution Day, townspeople in Jáchal held a "patriotic march" to oppose the local operations of Barrick Gold—only to be surrounded and arrested by the police.
Peru's President Ollanta Humala declared a state of emergency in the rainforest region of Madre de Dios following reports of mercury poisoning by outlaw gold-mining operations.
