Mexico
Michoacán: more clashes over self-defense units
Mexican army troops fired on villagers who blocked roads when soldiers arrived to arrest the leader of a self-defense militia who refused orders to demobilize.
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East Asia
Taiwan: protesters occupy Education Ministry
Student protesters are occupying the Education Ministry grounds in Taipei to demand an end to planned textbook revisions that emphasize the "One China" view of history.
Inner Asia
China releases imprisoned Tibetan nomad
A Tibetan nomad imprisoned eight years for calling for the return of the Dalai Lama was released, but his home county is tense over the death in custody of an activist monk.
The Andes
Colombia: state seizes narco-lands from FARC
Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos announced details of an operation to seize nearly 278,000 hectares said to have been illegally usurped by the FARC.
The Andes
Colombia overtakes Peru in coca production
Colombia surpassed Peru last year in land under coca cultivation, resuming the dubious honor of the number one position for the first time since 2012.
Palestine
West Bank violence following ‘price tag’ slaying
Violence was reported across the West Bank and Jerusalem, as Palestinians protested the "price tag" killing of an 18-month-old infant in Duma, near Nablus.
Europe
Neo-Nazi terror attack on German left-wing pol?
A German leftist politician who faced threats for his work in support of refugees and immigrants escaped unhurt after a bomb placed under his car exploded outside his home.
Greater Middle East
Pentagon claims kill of ‘Khorasan Group’ leader
The Pentagon announced that Muhsin al-Fadhli, a longtime al-Qaeda operative from Kuwait, was killed in an air-strike in Syria, where he was leading the so-called "Khorasan Group."
Africa
More Boko Haram terror in Cameroon, Nigeria
Boko Haram, now calling itself Islamic State West Africa, carried out a wave of deadly suicide bombings as a multilateral military alliance prepares to take the field against the jihadists.
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Mexico
Details emerge in Mexican massacre
A human rights group in Mexico released new evidence that military officers gave orders to kill prior to an army mass slaying of more than 20 supposed narco-gang members.
The Amazon
Peru: Amazonians suspend dialogue over oil bloc
Citing a lack of cllarity from Peru's government, traditional leaders of indigenous peoples suspended dialogue in the "consultation" process over oil operations in the Amazon.