Pakistani Taliban commander Hakimullah Mehsud is reported killed in a drone strike—days after drone attack survivors gave emotional testimony before the US Congress.
The contested region of Abyei voted in a “unilateral” referendum to leave Sudan and join South Sudan—raising fear of renewed conflict over the enclave.
French and allied African forces launched a new offensive against Islamist rebels in northern Mali after a suicide attack on a checkpoint killed two Chadian soldiers.
Girl collects water at a camp for displaced Rohingya in Burma’s Rakhine state. Amid all the celebration of Burma’s opening, the regime has increased pressure on minority peoples such as the Shan and Rohingya, with attacks on villages and many thousands… Read moreBurma’s Rohingya: refugees in their own land
The Israel Air Force was reportedly responsible for an attack on a military base in the Syrian city of Latakia, targeting a Russian missile shipment bound for Hezbollah.
Municipality officers escorted by Israeli soldiers issued demolition warrants for thousands of Palestinian homes in two East Jerusalem neighborhoods.
Top UN and EU officials denounced the renewed plans for Israeli settlements announced by the Israeli Prime Minister's Office and Ministry of the Interior.
Tamaulipas state police resuced 73 abducted migrants outside Reynosa after following their apparent captors to a house and hearing frantic calls for help.
Mauritania's opposition parties will boycott upcoming elections, seen as legitimizing a dictatorship, while a "Global Slavery Index" names the country as the world's worst offender.
Police are said to be seeking two ethnic Uighurs in the apparent suicide attack on Beijing's Tiananmen Square, with exiled Uighur leaders warning of a "fierce crackdown."
The UN still refuses to accept responsibility for bringing cholera to Haiti. Now the epidemic is spreading to the Latin American mainland.
The protests haven't stopped in Brazil. Hundreds tried to block the auction of a giant oilfield, and bus riders continued to demand free transit.
