Mexico
Mexico: police kill Guerrero students, again
For the second time in three years, Guerrero state police have killed students from a local teachers' college. This time they also targeted a soccer team.
Central America
Guatemala: police occupy town after violence
The government blames a violent confrontation on indigenous activists resisting construction of a cement factory owned by contributors to the president's election campaign.
The Caribbean
Haiti: women protest 1835 abortion law
Nearly a fifth of Haiti's maternal deaths follow clandestine abortions, but the government still hasn't released a May 2013 document recommending repeal of the abortion law.
Central America
Nicaragua: contra-drug series was CIA ‘nightmare’
Gary Webb's 1996 newspaper series on narco-trafficking by US-backed Nicaraguan "resistance" fighters in the 1980s keeps getting buried—and keeps coming back to life.
Iraq
ISIS advances on Kobani —and Baghdad
Turkish troops opened fire on Kurdish refugees attempting to flee the tightening ISIS siege of Kobani in northern Syria, as ISIS forces advanced within 40 kilometers of Baghdad.
Mexico
ISIS to attack US through Mexico …Not!
John McCain prompted testimony from a Homeland Security official that ISIS could seek to infiltrate the US through Mexico. The media jumped on it, but there's nothing there.
Mexico
Mexico: protests for imprisoned vigilante leader
Supporters of José Manuel Mireles Valverde, imprisoned leader of the self-defense forces in violence-torn Michoacán, are holding a protest mobilization to demand his release.
East Asia
China bars online images as Hong Kong explodes
Instagram was blocked in mainland China in an evident attempt to stop images of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong as street clashes entered their third day.
Iran
Kurdish guerillas kill Iranian army commander
Guerillas affiliated with the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) clashed with Iranian military forces near the Iraq border, leaving a senior army commander dead.
Iraq
Syria: first US air-strikes on ISIS at Kobani
The US-led coalition launched its first air-strikes targeting ISIS positions outside the besieged Kurdish town of Kobani, where PKK fighters are holding out against the jihadists.
South Asia
India PM facing human rights suit in US
Survivors of the 2002 Gujarat pogroms filed a class action lawsuit against India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a US district court under the Alien Tort Claims Act.
The Andes
Colombia’s indigenous communities at risk: report
Despite peace talks with the FARC, armed conflict and displacement persist as threats to Colombia's indigenous peoples, according to the country's indigenous organization.