Human rights group slams Israel’s probe of Gaza conflict

An international human rights organization on Sunday faulted Israel’s investigation into alleged war crimes last year in Gaza.

Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of the Taliban in Pakistan, has been injured in a suspected U.S. drone strike, intelligence and Taliban sources told CNN.

Philippine authorities charged a mayor and a group of unidentified suspects with 25 counts of murder Tuesday in the slaying of dozens of unarmed people, a court spokesman said.

U.S. President Barack Obama huddled with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday, the final day of his visit to China, continuing a theme of cooperation between the two nations and development of mutual interests.

An international rocker is creating a rare opportunity to sing about change on the Communist island of Cuba. Colombian singer Juanes — a 17-time Latin Grammy winner — has brought 15 international artists to Havana and hopes to thaw U.S.-Cuba relations by staging the “Peace without Borders” concert.

A man who allegedly triggered the security breach at the Newark, New Jersey, airport over the weekend has been arrested, a Port Authority spokesperson said.

Saudi Arabia said Sunday that it has regained control of a mountainous region from Yemeni rebels who it said entered the kingdom’s borders.

It’s a common sight in the traffic-clogged streets of Istanbul, a city that straddles two continents.

A man was pulled alive from beneath the rubble of the United Nations compound in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday morning, one of many who have miraculously survived this week’s violent earthquake.

The same day a cease-fire agreement was to go into effect, a high-ranking Yemeni official accused rebels of trying to assassinate him.

Thai authorities seized a cargo aircraft carrying tons of weapons from North Korea during a refueling stop in Bangkok, a government official said.

A rebel group said Saturday that it will accept a truce offered by the Yemeni government on condition that the government ends its “unjust war” against it.

Another earthquake struck near the Samoan islands, an area already devastated by earthquake and tsunami damage.

From seabeds to mountaintops, people around the world were staging a day of demonstrations Saturday to “inspire the world to rise to the challenge of the climate crisis.”

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A Palestinian man murdered in his Dubai hotel room by a hit squad, the police say, that operated with European passports. Sounds like the plot of a John Le Carré novel, but this is reality and the hunt is on for the killers of top Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.