The Amazon

Peru declares ‘Yellowstone of the Amazon’

Peru's government designated as a national park the vast Sierra del Divisor area of the Amazon rainforest—but will it really be able to police the remote territory?

Palestine

Bibi’s Holocaust revisionism: media complicit?

The New York Times, in its coverage of Bibi Netanyahu's fictional claims about the Holocaust originating with the Mufti of Jerusalem, gives undue weight to the theory's few proponents.

Iraq

Iraq: sectarian terror in battle for Baiji

After taking the oil refinery city of Baiji from ISIS, Iraqi Shi'ite militias reported the discovery of some 20 mass graves—said to contain the bodies of over 350  ISIS fighters.

Africa

South Africa to leave ICC: reports

A South African deputy minister said that the nation will leave the International Criminal Court, opining that it has "lost its direction" in singling out Africans for prosecution. 

Iraq

Iraq: Yazidis urge ICC genocide investigation

Members of Iraq's Yazidi minority formally requested that the International Criminal Court open an investigation into possible genocide committed against their community by ISIS.

South Asia

Sri Lanka rejects UN call for war crimes probe

Sri Lanka's government rejected a call for UN involvement in its investigation into alleged war crimes during the country's civil war—but Tamils have little faith in the government.

Africa

Boko Haram kills hundreds in Cameroon: report

A report by Amnesty International details atrocities committed by Boko Haram in northern Cameroon, resulting in the killing of at least 400 civilians over the past months.