ISIS announced the establishment of a new "caliphate," with its own leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as caliph. But even Islamist rebels in Syria are fighting back against ISIS forces.
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) claims coca cultivation has been brought to historic lows in Colombia and Bolivia, while Peru has regained the title of top producer.
Workers from the Sepecol security firm blocked the rail line leading to the mammoth Cerrejón coal mine in northeastern Colombia for seven days over a contract dispute.
First nations across British Columbia are celebrating a unanimous ruling by Canada's Supreme Court that recognizes aboriginal title to traditional territories outside reserves.
Women's rights activist and attorney Salwa Bughaigis was assassinated at her home in Benghazi hours after she defied threats by voting in Libya's general election.
The ISIS militants that have seized Mosul are engaged in a campaign of cultural cleansing—targeting not only the citiy's inhabitants, but its artistic and historical treasures.
Police declared a curfew in Sri Lanka's coastal town of Aluthgama after simmering tensions between Buddhist militants and local Muslims escalated into deadly clashes.
Five Palestinians have been killed and hundreds detained in "Operation Brother's Keeper," Israel's biggest West Bank deployment in a decade.
Fighting erupted between ISIS and militants of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order in Kirkuk governorate, as the Sunni rebel coalition that has seized a third of Iraq starts to fray.
Gregorio Santos, regional president of Cajamarca in northern Peru who opposed the US-backed Conga mine project, was ordered under "preventative" detention.
Venezuela's Coordinating Body of Indigenous Organizations of Amazonas (COIAM) issued a statement rejecting a government decree to expand mining in the rainforest region.
In an historic vote, El Salvador's Legislative Assembly ratified a reform to the nation's constitution that recognizes indigenous peoples and the state's obligations to them.
