The role of women in war is typically dominated by images of women as victims, peace-makers, or home-makers to be protected by male fighters. But in Kobani, the Kurdish town in northern Syria now besieged by ISIS, women are taking… Read moreKurdistan’s female fighters
Renewed fighting between India and Pakistan across the Line of Control in Kashmir follows devastating floods in the divided region, which have deepend local anger.
Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli police at East Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque after Israelis marking the Sukkot feast tried to invade the mosque.
Lawmakers in South Sudan passed a controversial bill that gives security forces the power to arrest suspected criminals without a warrant, prompting an opposition walk-out.
Gregorio Santos, the populist president of Peru's Cajamarca region, was comfortably re-elected—despite being imprisoned as corruption charges are pending against him.
As ISIS forces penetrated Kobani, Kurds across Turkey took to the streets in angry protests at Ankara's inaction, leaving several dead in street clashes.
A US federal judge ordered the public release of 28 videos showing the forced feeding of Guantánamo Bay detainee Wa'el Dhiab.
Student demonstrations swept Mexico to mark the anniversary of a 1968 massacre and to protest a new one, which left six dead and 43 missing.
Argentina has gained broad international support in its fight with two US hedge funds, but the US judge on the case isn't impressed: he declared the country in contempt.
President Martelly called Baby Doc's death a "sad occasion," but for others the sad part was that the ex-dictator would never face trial for corruption and rights abuses.
His advisers warned Kissinger that attacking Cuba could provoke a confrontation with the Soviet Union, but the secretary of state was determined to "humiliate" Castro.
Colombia's government, campesinos, indigenous groups and Afro-Colombians launched a dialogue table to improve conditions for rural and minority communities.
