Faqir Jamshed Ahmad Gesu Daraz, spiritual leader of Pakistan's Seraiki people, was killed in a bomb blast while driving to a celebration at a Sufi shrine in Pakhtunkhwa province.
Mexican authorities unearthed five recently buried bodies from a clandestine grave in a rural pueblo of Sinaloa state—the latest in a long string of such gruesome finds.
Latin American governments continued their diplomatic protests against Israel's operations in Gaza, but now the protests aren't just from left and center-left leaders.
Argentina has defaulted for the second time in 13 years, thanks to US investors and US courts. Economists warn that the precedent could threaten the global financial system.
A Yucatán judge has ruled that the Mexican government can't grant a license for GM soy in indigenous communities without first consulting the communities.
Rare video footage of the "first contact" with an isolated indigenous band near the Brazil-Peru border has emerged—along with accounts of horrific violence against the group.
Amnesty International released gruesome video footage providing evidence of war crimes, including extrajudicial executions, being carried out in Nigeria's conflicted north.
Chinese authorities say more than 100 were killed in violence in Xinjiang on Eid al-Fitr; the riots may have been in reaction to official restrictions on honoring the holy day.
The Kurdish Regional Government appeals to Obama for arms to fight ISIS—while Baghdad demands the Kurds return arms seized from its own disintegrating national army.
Elie Wiesel asks the world to stand with "the people of Israel" in their "struggle for survival"—but only with those in Gaza "who reject terror and embrace peace."
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay urged the international community to end what she called a "climate of impunity" in Israel's Gaza campaign.
France expands military operations across the Sahel to chase down jihadist insurgents, as Mali opens peace talks with Tuareg separatists that have seized much of the country.
