Qaeda-aligned insurgent group ISIS destroyed a Sufi Muslim shrine in Syrian Kurdistan and announced a "jizya" tax on non-Muslims in their zones of control.
With pro-Russian gunmen occupying Crimea's parliament and Moscow threatening intervention, the Tatars have emerged as a dissident voice opposing union with Russia.
British counter-terrorism forces arrested Moazzam Begg in his hometown of Birmingham, along with three other individuals on terrorism offenses related to the war in Syria.
Authorities in the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila announced that they have recovered at least 500 sets of human remains from mass graves along the Texas border.
Indigenous supporters of a center-left mayoral candidate have occupied a town hall since last month to protest what they say were fraudulent election results.
Brazilian police are continuing with mass arrests against youthful protesters, while lawmakers are planning to fight protests with an "anti-terrorism" law.
The proceedings against former dictator "Baby Doc" are starting up again, after nearly a year's delay—but Haiti hasn't suddenly turned into a showcase for human rights.
Ukraine's acting interior minister Arsen Avakhov said an arrest warrant has been issued for the country's fugitive president, Viktor Yanukovich, for the mass killings of protestors.
After 22 years, veteran Black Panther Russell "Maroon" Shoatz was released from solitary confinement into the general population at Pennsylvania's Graterford state prison.
Mexican authorities announced the arrest of the country's top drug lord, the notorious Joaquin Guzmán AKA "El Chapo" (Shorty)—who had eluded capture for over 10 years.
Cannabis took a greater share of total drug crops eradicated in Peru in 2013, and authorities hope to expand eradication this year—bringing the program beyond the remote coca zones.
