The US fired missiles at Houthi-controlled radar installations in Yemen after the rebels fired rockets at a US destroyer in retaliation for a deadly Saudi air-strike on a funeral.
Pakistan and Afghanistan saw deadly border clashes and a tense stand-off over Islamabad's plan to build a barbed-wire separation barrier at its Torkham crossing.
Independent sources say the ominous border clash was sparked when Eritrean troops shot at military deserters and an Ethiopia-backed armed opposition group returned fire.
New protests have erupted in Egypt calling for the downfall of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi over his decision to turn two disputed islands over to Saudi Arabia.
The UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf ruled Argentina's maritime territory includes the area around the Falklands—a blow to British offshore oil interests.
Bolivian President Evo Morales announced that his government will bring suit against Chile before the World Court seeking compensation for waters of the disputed Río Silala.
President Ma Ying-jeou's provocative visit to the disputed Spratly Islands seems aimed at pressing the incoming Tsai Ing-wen to adopt a "one China" position.
The Kashmir-based United Jihad Council claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on the Indian air force base at Pathankot, near the border with Pakistan.
A change of government in Guatemala and Belize is reviving long-simmering fears of war between the Central American neighbors.
Amid US brinkmanship in the South China Sea, a UN arbitration court agreed to hear the Philippines' challenge of Beijing's territorial claims.
Ecuadoran border authorities allowed an indigenous leader to enter the country on a passport issued by the Kichwa Nation, hailed as an "historic precedent" for the hemisphere.
With tensions high between Turkey and Russia, Moscow's intervention risks drawing the Kurds into the geopolitical game and escalating divisions within the Syrian resistance.
