International Glance
The United Nations has slammed Israel’s destruction of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem as illegal and unfair, after a series of demolitions this week left dozens of Palestinians—mostly children—homeless.
"In the past three days, 77 Palestinians, over half of them children, have been made homeless," the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement issued late Friday. "Some of the demolished structures were provided by the international community to support vulnerable families."
UN slams Israel's demolition of Palestinian homes
Revealed: how Blair colluded with Gaddafi regime in secret
Tony Blair wrote to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi to thank him for the “excellent cooperation” between the two countries’ counter-terrorism agencies following a period during which the UK and Libya worked together to arrange for Libyan dissidents to be kidnapped and flown to Tripoli, along with their families.
The letter, written in 2007, followed a period in which the dictator’s intelligence officers were permitted to operate in the UK, approaching and intimidating Libyan refugees in an attempt to persuade them to work as informants for both countries’ agencies.
Reports: ISIL video claims 1 of 2 Japanese hostages beheaded
The Islamic State reportedly released a new video Saturday claiming one of the two Japanese captives had been beheaded and issuing new demands for the other hostage's release.
In the video, Japanese freelance journalist Kenji Goto holds a photo that purportedly shows the dead body of the second hostage, Haruna Yukawa. SITE Intelligence Group, a U.S.-based organization that monitors extremist websites, said the video had been distributed across several Islamic State-linked Twitter accounts.
Yemen suffers power vacuum after president, premier quit
Yemen drifted deeper into political limbo on Friday after President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi resigned in exasperation at a Houthi rebel takeover of the country, a move that appeared to catch the Iran-backed group off balance.
Hadi, a former general, blamed the Houthis' control of the capital Sanaa for impeding his attempt to steer Yemen toward stability after years of turmoil and tribal unrest, deepening poverty and U.S. drone strikes on Islamist militants.
Bronx and Havana museums to exchange artworks
The Bronx Museum of Art and Cuba's National Museum of Fine Arts have launched an art exchange initiative that will include two major exhibitions.
The cooperation began long before the recent thaw in U.S.-Cuban relations. The Bronx Museum calls it the most ambitious art exchange between U.S. and Cuban museums in more than 50 years.
Argentine leader convinced Nisman death was no suicide
Argentine leader Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner says she is convinced the death of top Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman was not suicide.
Mr Nisman, 51, was found shot dead in his apartment on Sunday. The prosecutor probing his death said it appeared to be suicide. But in a letter published on Thursday, Ms Fernandez cast doubt on that theory.
Mr Nisman had been investigating the 1994 deadly bombing of a Jewish centre.
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia dies at 90
He was one of the world's few remaining absolute monarchs. But King Abdullah's years as crown prince might have marked his legacy even more than his rule as king.
Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud became de facto ruler of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1995 when his immediate predecessor, King Fahd, suffered a stroke. At the time, Abdullah was crown prince — but from that position he wielded a tremendous amount of power and influence.
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