Europe
Sweden: Sámi protest British mining company
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.
Europe
Greece: anti-fascist activist on trial
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.
The Andes
Venezuela: Maduro charges ‘electrical coup’
President Nicolás Maduro charged that "the extreme right has implemented its plan to carry out an Electrical Coup" after a massive blackout hit Venezuela.
Mexico
Ciudad Juárez: femicide avenger strikes back
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.
The Andes
Colombia: students, workers join peasant strike
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.
Iraq
Iraq: death squads target Mujahedeen Khalq?
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.
Greater Middle East
‘Anti-war’ movement still betraying Syrian people
Anti-war voices in the US raise nonsensical slogans like "No war in Syria!"—blind to two million refugees, 100,000 dead, bombs falling on schools, and acts of genocide.
Greater Middle East
Syrian voices on Syria
In the sudden eruption of commentary on Syria in the US and UK, very little of it is actually coming from Syrians—who are often cynical about voices from the "anti-war" camp.
The Amazon
Bolivia: wanted rainforest defenders hold out
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.
The Amazon
Ecuador: clashes at Quito protest over Yasuni
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.
Africa
Is Rwanda really bombing itself?
The DRC charges that Rwanda's government used its M23 proxy rebel force to shell its own territory—as a provocation to justify a direct military intervention in eastern Congo.
Greater Middle East
Are you ready for World War 5?
The fearful synergy of regional sectarian war and Great Power rivalries holds the menace of the looming Syria intervention setting off a new global conflagration.