The Israeli army warned Palestinians who have fled their homes since the beginning of the ground assault not to return, stressing that they would be treated as combatants.
Palestinian officials filed a complaint at the International Criminal Court, accusing Israel of war crimes in Gaza. The ICC must now weigh whether it has jurisdiction in the case.
Kuwait's Supreme Court upheld a 10-year sentence for a man accused of posting Tweets that insulted the Prophet Mohammed and the rulers of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
Human Rights Watch finds that the FBI may have "created terrorists out of law-abiding individuals" through the use of infiltrators "encouraging the target to act."
Forces both aligned with and against the regimes in Iraq and Syria are mobilizing in both countries to beat back ISIS—Shi'ites, Sufis, Ba'athists and the secular civil resistance.
Development of the Gaza Marine 1 and 2 offshore blocs has been held up by conflict over the Strip and its waters. Is "Protective Edge" aimed at securing them under Israeli control?
The US is trying everything from special deportation flights to pop songs to discourage immigration, but it refuses to change the policies behind the phenomenon.
International solidarity was a key factor in a partial victory for Salvadoran apparel workers who were laid off last January after they sought a union contract.
Five large non-Western economies are planning a new development bank, but activists say the bank's impact will depend on the ability of the countries' populations to mobilize.
The UN general secretary visited Haiti to insist that the world organization is fighting the cholera epidemic that it started; Haitians aren't buying it.
Highly vulnerable "uncontacted" indigenous bands who recently emerged in the Brazil-Peru border region told neighboring tribes that they were fleeing violent attacks in Peru.
An Ethiopian court charged nine journalists with terrorism and inciting violence under Ethiopia's anti-terrorism law—to the protest of international watchdogs.
