Iraq
Iraq: Shi’ite pilgrims defy threats at Karbala
Despite—or perhaps partly because of—threats and deadly attacks from ISIS militants, a record 15.5 million Shi'ite pilgrims have converged on Karbala for Arbaeen.
Southern Cone
Brazil: truth commission report on military rule
Brazil's National Truth Commission released a long-awaited report finding that the military regime engaged in massive human rights violations between 1964 and 1985.
South Asia
Massive oil spill fouls Bangladesh mangroves
A massive oil spill is threatening endangered dolphins, Bengal tigers and other rare wildlife in the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sunderbans of Bangladesh.
Europe
Spain passes anti-protest, anti-immigrant law
Spain's conservative-led parliament passed a law that outlaws unauthorized protests, bans filming police, and allows summary deportations of African migrants.
Palestine
PA official dies after assault by Israeli soldier
The head of the Palestinian Authority committee against the separation wall and settlements died after Israeli soldiers assaulted him in a village near Ramallah.
Watching the Shadows
Senate report: CIA torture techniques ‘ineffective’
"Enhanced interrogation techniques" employed during the Bush administration were "ineffective," finds a long-awaited report by the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
Palestine
‘War crimes’ seen in attacks on Gaza landmarks
Air-strikes on landmark civilian buildings during Israel's Gaza campaign in August amounted to war crimes, Amnesty International charges in a new report.
Mexico
Mexico: one of missing students confirmed dead
Austrian experts have identified remains of one of 43 missing Guerrero students. Meanwhile, the authorities want laws to limit the protests over the students' abduction.
Mexico
Mexico: protests link Ayotzinapa, Ferguson, Garner
Mexican protesters in the US see a link between police killings in the two countries. "Our governments are working together to oppress us, so why shouldn't we be working together?"
Central America
Costa Rica: state to compensate Nemagon victims
After decades of effort, some 14,000 ex-banana workers are finally getting compensation for their exposure to a dangerous pesticide in Costa Rica.
Southern Cone
Chile: four women file sexual torture complaint
A group of Chilean women are trying to have the courts recognize the sort of sexual violence they suffered during the Pinochet dictatorship as a separate category of crime.
Watching the Shadows
Six Gitmo detainees transferred to Uruguay
The US Department of Defense released six Guantánamo Bay detainees to Uruguay—days after a UN report criticized the US for non-compliance with the Convention Against Torture.