Iraq
US arms Kobani defenders —heightening contradictions
The US has started to air-drop weapons to Kurdish forces defending Kobani against ISIS—opening a new set of contradictions for the Rojava autonomous zone.
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.
The Andes
Colombia: Santos under fire over peace process
Colombia's Prosecutor General Alejandro Ordoñez slammed President Juan Manuel Santos for "protecting a terrorist" by failing to arrest FARC leader "Timochenko."
The Andes
Venezuela accuses Colombian paras in death of pol
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro charged that a Colombian paramilitary network was behind the assassination of legislator Robert Serra, a rising star in the ruling party.
Iran
Black versus Yellow in Hong Kong protests
As paralyzing protests enter their third week in Hong Kong, a split emerges in the movement between a conservative current seeking to keep the goal restricted to narrowly defined "democracy," and a more working-class element also concerned with economic grievances. In… Read moreBlack versus Yellow in Hong Kong protests
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?
Southeast Asia
Cambodia: reporter slain documenting illegal logging
Journalist Taing Tri, of a local newspaper in Cambodia's Kratie province, was shot dead as he attempted to photograph trucks transporting illegal luxury wood.
Mexico
Mexico: dam opponent slain during radio broadcast
Activist Atilano Román Tirado, an opponent of the Picachos dam in Mexico's Sinaloa state, was slain by hitmen in the middle of a radio broadcast in Mazatlán.
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.
Iraq
Kurdish fighters turning the tide at Kobani
Kurdish fighters at Kobani are starting to gain ground against ISIS forces, days after the jihadists penetrated the besieged town in northern Syria.
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.
Buddhist world peace ceremony in Cuzco
The Japanese Buddhist community Shinnyo-en on Sept. 14 joined with Quechua elders and shamans for a "Prayer for World Peace" at Saqsaywaman, the Inca archeaological site just outside the city of Cuzco, Peru. Saqsaywaman is a walled complex on the northern outskirts… Read moreBuddhist world peace ceremony in Cuzco