As Hezbollah claimed responsibility for a border attack that wounded two Israeli soldiers, the US threatened to cut off military aid to Lebanon if it accepts arms from Iran.
The role of women in war is typically dominated by images of women as victims, peace-makers, or home-makers to be protected by male fighters. But in Kobani, the Kurdish town in northern Syria now besieged by ISIS, women are taking… Read moreKurdistan’s female fighters
Renewed fighting between India and Pakistan across the Line of Control in Kashmir follows devastating floods in the divided region, which have deepend local anger.
Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli police at East Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque after Israelis marking the Sukkot feast tried to invade the mosque.
Gregorio Santos, the populist president of Peru's Cajamarca region, was comfortably re-elected—despite being imprisoned as corruption charges are pending against him.
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.
Colombia's government, campesinos, indigenous groups and Afro-Colombians launched a dialogue table to improve conditions for rural and minority communities.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
