Europe
Tatars flee Crimea, fearing persecution
Russia's annexation of Crimea has sent nearly a thousand of the region's ethnic Tatars fleeing the peninsula for western Ukraine, faced with threats by local authorities.
North Africa
Calls for intervention against Libya insurgents
Libyan authorities are calling for foreign intervention against terrorists after a car bomb at a Benghazi military academy left eight soldiers dead and 20 wounded.
The Andes
HRW documents mass displacement in Colombia
A Human Rights Watch investigation in Colombia's Pacific port of Buenaventura finds a city in the grip of paramilitary terror, with more than 13,000 displaced last year.
The Amazon
Chevron seeks $32 million in Ecuador case
Chevron Corporation filed for reimbursement of $32 million in attorneys' fees against Steven Donziger, counsel for plaintiffs in the Ecuador oil spill case.
Watching the Shadows
Uruguay agrees to take five Guantánamo prisoners
Uruguayan President Jose Mujica—himself a former political prisoner—announced that his country has agreed to take in five inmates from the Guantánamo Bay prison camp.
Palestine
Al-Aqsa clashes as MKs tour compound
Clashes broke out between Palestinian worshipers and Israeli forces in the al-Aqsa compound following a visit by right-wing Israeli MK Moshe Feiglin.
The Andes
Peru: new repression at Conga mine site
Leaders of the peasant protest encampment at the planned Conga mine project in Peru report a new attack by the National Police detachment assigned to protect the site.
Central America
Guatemala’s ex-prez took bribes from Taiwan
Former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo pleaded guilty in the US to taking $2.5 million in bribes from Taiwan in exchange for continued diplomatic recognition.
East Asia
Taiwan gets a Maidan movement?
Hundreds of students remain barricaded in Taiwan's legislature in protest of the ruling party's push for a Cross-Strait Trade Agreement with the People's Republic of China.
Europe
First blood as Russia annexes Crimea
Thousands of Ukrainian soldiers in Crimea are now facing off with Russian troops and paramilitary forces—with one reported dead as Crimea was formally annexed.
Southern Cone
Brazil: Rio street sweepers win with wildcat
While the media focused on Rio's Carnaval celebrations, thousands of street sweepers went on strike in defiance of their union—and won.
Mexico
Mexico: community radio announcers imprisoned
Advocates for community radio say the government blocks free speech by failing to authorize local stations and then penalizing people for unauthorized broadcasting