Former Romanian President Ion Iliescu, who faces charges of crimes against humanity, has made statements to prosecutors about the deaths of demonstrators in violent anti-government protests.
A lawyer for the family of a Palestinian teen whose 2014 murder was part of a chain of events that sparked the Gaza war says he wants Israel to punish the teenager's killers in the same way it does Palestinian militants.
Gen. Joseph Votel, head of U.S. Central Command, arrived in Kabul Friday to meet with his commanders to discuss a “resurgent” Taliban two days after President Obama announced he would keep thousands of additional troops in Afghanistan when he leaves office in January, reversing a previous decision.
NATO's chief says it's not sufficient for the alliance to reinforce its own armed forces, it must also help partner nations in the Middle East and North Africa that are threatened by extremist violence.
Australia has extended its military mission in Afghanistan by six months to mid-2017 and potentially longer as the troubled nation battles a resurgent Taliban.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in South Africa today on the latest stop of a four-nation Africa tour to raise his country's economic profile on the continent.