The Andes
Colombia: guerillas free captives
After tense negotiations, the Red Cross transported to safety two Colombian National Police agents taken captive by the FARC guerillas in Cauca department last month.
Author: CounterVortex
North Africa
AQIM manifesto found in northern Mali: report
A document found in a demolished building in Timbuktu purports to reveal plans by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb to establish "command and control" over northern Mali.
Greater Middle East
Bahrain: youth killed on uprising anniversary
A teenage boy was killed in clashes with police at a Shi'ite village near Bahrain's capital Manama as hundreds took to the streets to mark the second anniversary of the uprising.
Europe
Anti-fas versus neo-Nazis in Dresden —again
Hundreds of neo-Nazis attempting to march on Dresden to crash commemorations of the 1945 bombardment were blocked by a human chain of thousands of anti-fascists.
Southern Cone
Argentine court: church complicit in ‘dirty war’
A court in Argentina found that the country’s Catholic Church was complicit with crimes committed during the dictatorship’s “dirty war” on leftist dissidents in the 1970s.
Southeast Asia
Thailand: insurgents launch Army of Pattani?
The Thai military says Islamist insurgents in the country's south have formed a "Pattani Army" after an audacious raid on a government base near the Malay border.
North Africa
Mali: French beat back MUJAO in Gao
Tension remains high in Gao after a pitched battle over the weekend as French troops beat back an attempt by MUJAO fighters to retake the remote northern Malian city.
The Andes
Colombia: ELN to join peace talks?
Colombia’s peace advocates are calling for inclusion of the ELN guerillas in the Havana dialogue with the FARC, warning of a “marginalized” front in the civil war.
Central America
Medellín’s ‘top crime boss’ arrested in Panama
Panama announced the arrest of the top leader of the Oficina de Envigado, a Colombian crime syndicate said to be a surviving remnant of Pablo Escobar's notorious Medellín Cartel.
Central America
Nicaragua raises stakes in border conflict
Edén Pastora, Nicaragua's development czar for the strategic San Juan Basin, threatened a retliatory suit at The Hague for Costa Rica's legal challenge to his dredging operations.
The Andes
Peru: water authority rejects mine expansion
Peru’s conflict-ridden Yanacocha mining company is appealing a ruling of the National Water Authority barring expansion of its open-pit operations into new lands.
Mexico
Mexico: Chapo goon popped —but still not Chapo
The Mexican military announced the capture of “El Fantasma,” yet another accused lieutenant of fugitive Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquin Guzmán AKA “El Chapo.”