Syrian rebels announced formation of a new Revolutionary Command Council at a meeting in Turkey—dominated by conservative Islamists but excluding Nusra Front and ISIS.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center says Alois Brunner, the world's most-wanted Nazi fugitive, died a free man in Syria, where he trained interrogators for sucessive regimes.
Iran launched air-strikes against ISIS targets in Iraq, the Pentagon admitted. Meanwhile, it appears that NATO ally Turkey opened its territory to ISIS forces attacking Kobani.
Rights groups in Nigeria brought an action against President Goodluck Jonathan before the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an investigation into war crimes.
The International Criminal Court upheld the conviction and 14-year prison sentence of former Democratic Republic of Congo militia leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo.
On a day when US labor activists charged that GM has bribed Colombian officials, US embassy personnel in Colombia were assaulting injured GM workers at a protest.
Dropping his usual blustery tone, Haiti's president has appointed a generally conservative commission to help deal with the country's ongoing electoral impasse.
Mexico's president may have recited a slogan popular with protesters, but crackdowns on activists suggest he isn't about to give in to their demands.
Central Americans crossing Mexico on their way to the US border still face attacks by criminal gangs—and so do Mexican activists trying to help the migrants.
Using the pretext of last spring's uptick in immigration by Central American children, the US is pushing for still more of its failed "drug war" and "free trade" policies.
Colombian Gen. Ruben Dario Alzate resigned one day after his release by FARC guerillas who had captured the top official unarmed in rebel-controlled territory.
The UN Committee Against Torture urged the US to begin prompt investigations into all cases of police brutality and excessive use of force, especially citing the Ferguson case.
