South Asia

India: villagers mobilize against nuclear plant

Up to 3,000 villagers are facing arrest after taking part in a “silent protest” against the planned Jaitapur nuclear power project, occupying the construction site in India’s Maharashtra state.

Greater Middle East

Terror rocks Istanbul —again

A suicide attack on Istanbul’s Taksim Square, injuring at least 32, came on the last day of a unilateral ceasefire declared by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

Europe

HRW protests deportation of Roma to Kosova

Roma and related minority groups deported from Western Europe to Kosova face discrimination and severe deprivation amounting to human rights abuse, Human Rights Watch says in a new report.

North Africa

Sahel states respond to AQIM threat

The governments of Mauritania and Mali pledge a hard line against al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)—while acknowledging that a visible role for Western powers could win the group sympathy.

Mexico

Mexico: narco-massacre in Nayarit

In Mexico’s third mass shooting in less than a week, gunmen opened fire at a carwash in Tepic, capital of the Pacific coast state of Nayarit, killing at least 15—including 13 workers and two bystanders.

North Africa

Protests turn deadly in Western Sahara

A 14-year-old boy was killed when Moroccan security forces intervened in a protest encampment established by indigenous Sahrawi residents outside Laayoune, capital of occupied Western Sahara.

Mexico

Another youth massacre in Ciudad Juárez

At least 13 young people were shot dead and 15 wounded in an attack on a house party in Ciudad Juárez—the second such massacre in less than a week in the violence-torn border city.