Mexico
Mexico: Chapo Guzmán escapes —again!
A massive manhunt is underway in Mexico after the country's most notorious drug lord escaped from the country's highest security prison through a secret tunnel.
Greater Middle East
Syria: Alawites clash with regime, Iran troops
Syrian regime forces backed by Iranian troops clashed with residents of two Alawite villages outside Hama following a wave of mass arrests in the area.
Europe
Srebrenica at 20: ‘door open for a new war’?
The 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre comes just as Russia vetoed a UN resolution to designate the massacre an act of "genocide"—leading to new violence in Bosnia.
North Africa
Algeria issues emergency plan to fight civil unrest
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika issued emergency measures to combat the ethnic-driven civil unrest in the southern city of Ghardaia, which has pitted Arabs against Berbers.
Inner Asia
Thailand deports over 100 Uighurs to China
Protesters attacked the Thai consulate in Istanbul as Bangkok deported 109 Uighurs back to China despite international warnings that they could face persecution and torture.
Afghanistan
Chinese mine threatens Afghan Buddhist site
Archaeologists are racing against time to salvage artifacts from the 5,000-year-old Mes Aynak site in Afghanistan's Logar province before it is destroyed by an open-pit copper mine.
Greater Middle East
Israel Lobby schmoozes Sisi —Assad next?
Egypt's dictatorial President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received a delegation from the American Jewish Committee to discuss ways to "defeat terrorism" in the region.
Anti-fascist flag raised as Kurds advance on ISIS
Kurdish fighters displaying the anti-fascist flag in front of an ISIS billboard in newly liberated territory outisde Raqqa, Syria. In a perverse historical irony, two Spanish volunteers who went to the region to fight ISIS in an "International Brigade" were… Read moreAnti-fascist flag raised as Kurds advance on ISIS
Iraq
Spanish anti-ISIS volunteers face ‘terror’ charges
Two Spanish volunteers who went to Iraq to fight ISIS in an "International Brigade" were arrested upon their return and face charges of membership in a "terrorist organization."
Southeast Asia
Vietnam tilts to US in Pacific ‘Great Game’
Vietnam's paramount leader Nguyen Phu Trong meets with Obama at the White House, as the US and China play a dangerous game of chicken over disputed islands.
Southeast Asia
Enviros claim victory as Glencore leaves Mindanao
Environmentalists and indigenous leaders in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao hailed the exit of Anglo-Swiss mining giant Glencore as a "victory for the people."
Iraq
Obama disses Kurdish ‘partners’ against ISIS
Obama's Pentagon speech on his strategy against ISIS boasted of "effective partners on the ground"—but pointedly made no actual reference to the Rojava Kurds.