North Africa
Mali: jihadis step up attacks on Tuaregs
The Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) was blamed for a massacre of some 30 Tuaregs in a road ambush near the desert city of Gao in northern Mali.
South Asia
Pakistan: jihadis step up attacks on Sufis
Gunmen attacked a Sufi religious gathering in Pakistan's port city of Karachi, leaving eight dead—the latest in a wave of such attacks by Deobandi fundamentalist militants.
Greater Middle East
Yemen: autonomy or separatism?
A presidential panel in Yemen released a plan to transform the country into a "federal state of six regions"—rejected by southern separatists as insufficient.
North Africa
HRW: Qaddafi-era officials held without due process
Human Rights Watch charges that Libya has failed to grant due process rights to Saif al-Islam Qaddafi and other detained former government officials.
South Asia
Sri Lanka opposition demand war crimes probe
The main opposition party in Sri Lanka is demanding the government conduct an investigation into alleged crimes carried out in the long war against the Tamil Tigers.
Mexico
Mexico: paramilitarization of ‘community police’?
Mexico's government signed an accord with Michoacán's "community police" network, calling for the self-defense militias to be incorporated into the official security forces.
Mexico
Blood avocados: Michoacán cartels co-opt ag-biz
Michoacán's blood-drenched Knights Templar cartel have amassed a land empire in the Mexican state, using the avocado industry to launder narco profits.
Mexico
Mexican feds race vigilantes to crush cartels
Mexican federal police arrested 38 people across violence-torn Michoacán state, claiming a blow against the notorious Knights Templar drug cartel.
Mexico
Michoacán: army clashes with ‘community police’
Up to 12 were reported dead after Mexican army troops were sent in to take back Michocacán villages from the "community police" vigilante force.
Mexico
Michoacán: ‘community police’ open war on narcos
Some 100 gunmen from a "community police" force in Mexico's Michoacán state seized the town of Nueva Italia—precipiatating a shoot-out with the Knights Templar cartel.
The Andes
Colombia: cops seize ton of para cocaine
Colombia's National Police announced the seizure of 1.2 tons of cocaine allegedly belonging to paramilitary group Los Urabeños.
The Andes
Peru: mine engineer held by indigenous protesters
An engineer for the Águila Dorada mining company was detained by members of an Awajún indigenous community in Peru's northern Cajamarca region.