Mexico
Mexico claims another blow against cartels
Mexico claimed the capture of Juárez Carel kingpin Vicente Carrillo Fuentes AKA "El Viceroy"—yet another take-down of a defeated rival of the hegemonic Sinaloa Cartel.
Greater Middle East
Peshmerga come to aid of Kobani: strings attached?
Peshmerga fighters have joined the battle for Kobani, with Turkish acquiescence. But will Ankara and the West wrest a political price for this aid from Syria's Kurdish resistance?
Global mobilization for Kobani
The Kurdish Rights website presents photos of the Nov. 1 global mobilization for Kobani from Paris, Valencia, Copenhagen, Perth, Melbourne, Washington DC, Honduras and Afghanistan—and "Amed, Northern Kurdistan (Diyarbakir, Southeastern Turkey)." A shot from Istanbul (above) shows elderly Kurdish women in… Read moreGlobal mobilization for Kobani
Greater Middle East
Global mobilization for Kobani
Supporters of the Kurdish resistance at Kobani will hold a global mobilization Saturday Nov. 1, with the New York City rally at Union Square at 3 PM.
Palestine
A thousand Sankaras come of age
An opposition demonstrator with poster bearing image of Thomas Sankara in the stadium of Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou. Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaoré announced his resignation Oct. 31, after protesters continued to mobilize against his rule. He had ruled since 1987,… Read moreA thousand Sankaras come of age
The Andes
FARC accepts responsibility for civilian deaths
Colombia's FARC guerillas admitted to causing harm to the population during the 50 years of their war against the state, and vowed to assume responsibility for their victims.
The Andes
Peru: one dead in Cajamarca eviction
The police eviction of a family in a working-class district of Peru's northern city of Cajamarca sparked a local uprising that left one man dead and 10 neighborhood residents detained.
The Andes
Hezbollah operative busted in Peru: police
Peru's special anti-terrorist force announced the arrest of a Hezbollah operative who was supposedly planning to carry out attacks on Jewish and Israeli targets.
Iraq
Kurds as pawns in Turko-Russian game?
An alarming confrontation between Turkish and Russian warplanes over the Black Sea ironically comes as both Ankara and Moscow seek to divide Kurds from the Syrian rebels.
Iraq
Turkey plays FSA off against Kurds
Turkey insists the FSA must take control of Kobani if ISIS is defeated—but fails to say how this will be accomplished without fomenting war between the FSA and Kurdish forces.
The Andes
Colombia: mass graves exhumed in Cauca
At least 18 bodies found in three mass graves near the pueblo of Tacueyó in Colombia’s Cauca department are believed to be victims of a guerilla massacre.
The Andes
Colombia: peasants detain soldiers after arrests
When soldiers arrested a village elder at El Reposo, Colombia, in connection with a supposed cocaine lab, the troops found themselves seized by machete-wieilding peasants.