Palestine
Israelis and Palestinians clash at al-Aqsa mosque
Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli police at East Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque after Israelis marking the Sukkot feast tried to invade the mosque.
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The Andes
Peru: populist governor re-elected from prison
Gregorio Santos, the populist president of Peru's Cajamarca region, was comfortably re-elected—despite being imprisoned as corruption charges are pending against him.
Greater Middle East
Kurds protest across Turkey as ISIS enters Kobani
As ISIS forces penetrated Kobani, Kurds across Turkey took to the streets in angry protests at Ankara's inaction, leaving several dead in street clashes.
The Andes
Colombia: dialogue table for peasants, minorities
Colombia's government, campesinos, indigenous groups and Afro-Colombians launched a dialogue table to improve conditions for rural and minority communities.
Mexico
Mexico: Templario operative killed, secrets spilled
Mexican police busted a major operative of Michoacán's Knights Templar syndicate—as videotapes emerged implicating a top TV anchor in pay-offs from the cartel.
East Asia
Hong Kong: dissent spreads to mainland
Dozens of activists across the People's Republic have been detained for posting online statements in support of the Hong Kong protests, and even raising placards in public.
Revolutionary Kurdistan in arms against ISIS
The main Kurdish armed group in Syria again called on Kurds across the region to help prevent a massacre in Kobani as ISIS forces closed their ring around the town and pummeled it with artillery fire. The statement issued by… Read moreRevolutionary Kurdistan in arms against ISIS
New York Kurds stand with Kobani
A group of local Kurdish Americans gathered in New York's Union Square Oct. 3 to show their support for Kobani, the Kurdish town in northern Syria now besieged by ISIS. A Kurdish flag was held along with black-background signs reading… Read moreNew York Kurds stand with Kobani
Iraq
New York Kurds stand with Kobani
A group of local Kurdish Americans gathered in New York's Union Square to show their support for Kobani, the Kurdish town in northern Syria now besieged by ISIS.
Greater Middle East
Syria: first Alawite protest against regime
Members of Syria's Alawite sect took to the streets of Homs to protest a deadly car bomb attack on an elementary school, for the first time taking up anti-regime slogans.
Mexico
Guanajuato: campesino protesters occupy city
Some 2,000 campesinos blocked streets in Celaya, Guanajuato, demanding that authorities take measures in response to the plunging price of maiz and sorghum.
Iraq
Turkey prepares military action in Syria
The Turkish government submitted a motion to parliament to expand authorization for military action in Syria. Over 160,000 refugees have fled ISIS into Turkey in recent weeks.