Unarmed protesters in Damascus, November 2012. Syrian-American writer and activist Mohja Kahf appeals to anti-war forces in the US to acknowledge that there is a legitimate grassroots pro-democracy revolution in Syria, and not to loan comfort to the dictatorship of Bashar… Read moreSyria: It’s Still a Revolution
Jihadist forces of the Nusra Front launched an assault on the ancient Christian village of Maaloula, which is on the UNESCO tentative list of world heritage sites.
Swedish police have repeatedly broken up a protest occupation by Sámi indigenous people against iron mining in a crucial reindeer herding area above the Arctic Circle.
Anti-fascist militant Savvas Michael-Matsas went on trial in Greece, charged with "libellous defamation" in a case brought by members of the far-right Golden Dawn party.
President Nicolás Maduro charged that "the extreme right has implemented its plan to carry out an Electrical Coup" after a massive blackout hit Venezuela.
A vigilante calling herself Diana the Hunter claimed credit for the slaying of two bus drivers in Ciudad Juárez, calling it revenge for sexual abuse of women by night-shift drivers.
Tens of thousands have taken to the streets across Colombia, as workers and students joined the strike launched by campesinos in the north of the country.
At least 47 are dead following an Iraqi military assault on Camp Ashraf, a refugee settlement inhabited by exiled members of Iranian opposition group Mujahedeen Khalq.
Three indigenous leaders are holding out in a Bolivian rainforest reserve after arrest orders were issued against them, concerning a conflict over a planned road through their lands.
Protesters clashed with police in Ecuador, as a mobilization against plans to open the Yasuni Amazon reserve to oil drilling was held in both Quito and Cuenca.
Colombia's high court issued a an arrest order for Luis Alfredo Ramos, former senator and current presidential candidate, on suspicion of collaboration with paramilitaries.
Mexican army troops disarmed hundreds of members of the “community police” peasant self-defense movement after a brief scuffle on the coastal highway in Guerrero state.
