As urban warfare rages in Damascus and Aleppo, rebel gunmen abducted 47 Iranian pilgrims outside the capital—and a mob attack on Alawites was reported in Turkey.
A suicide attack killed 35 at the funeral of a Yemeni tribal leader who fought al-Qaeda militants—as a US drone strike in Hadramout province killed five.
South Sudan and Sudan announced a deal on the south’s access to Khartoum’s oil pipelines—but it is contingent on further talks over disputed border enclaves.
Gunmen attacked two ships off the coast of Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta, killing two naval troops protecting the vessels and seizing four foreign workers before fleeing.
More than 100 local residents were sickened by a toxic spill at the giant Antamina copper mine in Peru. Anonymous hackers promptly vandalized the company website.
Protesters and dissidents in Israel and Iran alike are uniting against the threat of war between their countries. A Facebook meme satirizes the leaders of both countries under the portmanteau “Ahmedinyahu.” In May, Iranians and Israelis held a joint rally… Read moreF**ck You, Mr. Ahmedinyahu
In his inaugural speech, India’s new president, Pranab Mukherjee, called the fight against terrorism the “fourth world war,” and portrayed his own country as a frontline state.
Innu people from the community of ManiUtenam, near the Quebec city of Sept Isle, held a 360-kilometer cross-country march on a Hydro Quebec dam construction site on the Romaine River. Quebec’s ambitious Plan Nord mega-development scheme has sparked indigenous and… Read moreInnu protest Plan Nord
A Chinese proposal for a pipeline route across northern Afghanistan for Caspian Basin gas could sabotage the US-backed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) project.
Vladimir Putin called upon NATO to stay in Afghanistan until it has prevailed over the insurgency. He spoke at the inauguration of a new NATO transit hub at Ulyanovsk.
Tajikistan sealed its border with Afghanistan after clashes with armed rebels left 48 dead—a re-escalation of conflict over control of the cross-border traffic in Afghan opium.
The FBI served search warrants at three homes in Portland. Ore. and issued five grand jury subpoenas in a case apparently related to May Day protests in Seattle.
