Some 40,000 protested at the Japanese prime minister's office to oppose the government's reinterpretation of the constitution to allow the military a larger international role.
The US and Iran alike are sending drones to Iraq to help the government beat back ISIS, while Russia has followed Washington in sending warplanes and military advisors.
Indigenous tribes within the proposed Bangsamoro territory in Mindanao, created under a peace deal with Moro rebels, are demanding that their ancestral lands be excluded.
A Buddhist mob attacked Muslims in Burma's second city of Mandalay, damaging a mosque and Muslim-owned shops and leaving at least five injured.
The Fourth Circuit appeals court ruled that a district court in Virginia erred in concluding it lacked jurisdiction over a case concerning torture at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
Moroccan women protested to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane after he gave a speech urging women to stay at home and not work jobs.
More problems for Latin America's "Gold Rush": while controversy continues over the Belo Monte dam, a nearby gold mine is blocked by a judge.
Chile's Socialist president Bachelet says she'll "achieve progress" on indigenous issues, but activists can't forget the lack of progress in her previous administration.
Hopes for leniency in the US drive the increase in child migration from Central America, according to the US media; activists and reporters from the region tell a different story.
Europe, China and Russia look for new money-making opportunities as Cuba continues the process of opening up its economy.
As Palestinian prisoners announced an end to their two-month hunger strike, some 1,000 African migrants at an Israeli detention center in the Negev desert started one.
ISIS announced the establishment of a new "caliphate," with its own leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as caliph. But even Islamist rebels in Syria are fighting back against ISIS forces.
