The Amazon

Colombia and Peru to ‘cleanse’ Putumayo

The presidents of Colombia and Peru pledged to launch a joint operation to "cleanse" the Putumayo river valley of criminal gangs that control the remote jungle border zone.

Greater Middle East

Kobani Kurds between Erdogan, ISIS and Assad

As PKK militia beat back ISIS at Kobani, the Syrian opposition increasingly looks to Turkey's President Erdogan as an ally against Bashar Assad. Yet another betrayal of the Kurds?

Mexico

Mexican cartel wars winding down?

Mexican authorities claimed another coup against the cartels with the arrest of Héctor Beltran Leyva, last remaining kingpin of the Beltran Leyva Organization.

North Africa

Egypt bombs Libya —again?

Amid fierece fighting in Benghazi, AP cites unnamed "officials" as saying Egyptian warplanes have bombed Islamist positions in the eastern Libyan city.

Greater Middle East

Turkish fighter jets bomb PKK positions

Turkish fighter jets carried out air-strikes on supposed PKK positions near the Iraqi border, with Ankara claiming Kurdish militants attacked a military base in the area.