Europe

Crimean Tatars at issue in Ukraine crisis

With pro-Russian gunmen occupying Crimea's parliament and Moscow threatening intervention, the Tatars have emerged as a dissident voice opposing union with Russia.

The Caucasus

Circassians call for boycott of Sochi Olympics

Circassians are calling for a boycott of the Sochi Winter Olympics, demanding that Russia's 19th-century military campaign against their people be recognized as a genocide.

East Asia

East China Sea gets scary —again

A near confrontation between Chinese and US aircraft over disputedĀ East China SeaĀ gasfields comes amid major joint US-Japanese naval maneuvers off Okinawa.

Europe

Next: Free Catalonia?

Over one and a half million Catalans formed a human chain stretching 400 kilometers across the territory to press demands for independence—despite Madrid's intransigence.

Europe

Greece: anti-fascist activist on trial

Anti-fascist militant Savvas Michael-Matsas went on trial in Greece, charged with "libellous defamation" in a case brought by members of the far-right Golden Dawn party.