Two nephews of the wife of Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro were arrested by DEA agents in Haiti and flown to the United States to face drug trafficking charges.
Police in Paris used tear-gas and batons to break up protesters who attempted to gather ahead of the UN climate summit in defiance of a state of emergency.
Taiwan's Aboriginal peoples have launched a new push for restitution of usurped lands and recognition of local autonomy for indigenous communities.
A crowd of some 500 Berber (Amazigh) acitivsts from Algeria's Kabylia region and the diaspora gathered at the UN on Oct. 11, to symbolically raise the flag of their homeland. The action was led by Ferhat Mehenni, president of the… Read moreKabylia flag raised at United Nations
The Bangladeshi government imposed a social media blackout ahead of the execution of two opposition figures convicted of war crimes committed during the 1971 independence war.
Colombia's Fiscal General Eduardo Montealegre announced an investigation into possible war crimes by surviving commanders of the demobilized M-19 guerillas.
Colombia's President Santos announced a March 2016 deadline for a peace accord with the FARC, as guerilla leaders called upon him to return their unilateral ceasefire.
The Caribbean Court of Justice ruled in a land-rights case brought by indigenous Maya elders in Belize, finding that that their communal lands must be recognized.
A Spanish judge ordered the Civil Guard to detain the Israeli prime minister if he sets foot in the country, in a case related to the 2010 Gaza flotilla raid.
Nicaragua's government approved environmental impact statements for the new inter-oceanic canal—and effectively shut down a planned national march to oppose the mega-project.
Brazilian mining company Samarco agreed to pay $260 million after waste dams were breached at its facility, flooding nearby villages with toxic mud.
On the same day as the Paris attacks, a serious blow was dealt against ISIS in Iraq, as the town of Sinjar was liberated from the jihadists by a mixed force led by Kurdish Peshmerga troops. Sinjar has a special… Read moreKurdish forces liberate Sinjar from ISIS
