Hundreds of Achuar indigenous protesters occupied 16 wells at Peru's biggest oil bloc, halting production to demand better compensation for use of their lands by Pluspetrol.
While Colombia's right fears incorporation of the FARC into a new rural police force, rebel leaders protest that the army continues offensives against them—despite peace talks.
Residents of La Emboscada hamlet, Cauca, detained 36 army troops for several hours after a local resident was shot when he tried to run an army checkpoint.
Venezuelan authorities issued new regulations allowing soldiers to use deadly force against demonstrators—drawing protest even from sectors traditionally close to the government.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has set the hands of its iconic Doomsday Clock at three minutes to midnight—two minutes closer than in 2014.
New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton announced a new Strategic Response Group with special weapons to combat terrorists—and protesters.
Hezbollah fighters attacked an Israeli military convoy in the Shaba'a Farms border area—contesed by Israel, Lebanon and Syria—in retaliation for an Israeli air-strike on Syria.
Kurdish forces at Kobani announced that the town is now under their full control, with ISIS militants driven out of all neighborhoods. The claim was confirmed by the Pentagon.
Indigenous leaders in Ecuador are calling for the release of Waorani tribesmen accused of carrying out a raid on a jungle oil-field that left six soldiers injured.
A clash between Philippine National Police troops and Moro rebels left 30 dead, jeopardizing the Mindanao peace deal. The troops were hunting down the Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf cell.
Protests around the commemoration of Egypt's 2011 revolution may be dominated by Islamist Morsi supporters, but an early demonstration called by a socialist party saw one killed.
Mexican authorities detained 13 police officers in the state of Veracruz in connection with the abduction of a journalist who aggressively covered local narco-corruption.
