The UN's top expert on human rights in Myanmar warned Wednesday of "massive loss of life" due to starvation and disease in eastern Kayah state as junta forces continue a deadly crackdown.  "The junta’s brutal, indiscriminate attacks are threatening the lives of many thousands of men,...

Israel’s security cabinet announced Tuesday that a flag-waving parade planned by far-right groups in occupied East Jerusalem will be held on June 15.  The route of the march will be determined by an agreement between the police and the organizers, it said in a written statement....

Israeli security forces guard the streets of Lod, weeks after rioters torched patrol cars, synagogues and homes. Attackers who killed an Arab and a Jewish resident are still at large. And a mayor whom some blame for setting the stage for some of the worst domestic unrest in Israeli history...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A minivan carrying civilian passengers in northwest Afghanistan was hit by a roadside bomb, leaving at least 11 passengers dead, including three children, an Afghan official said Sunday. The minivan fell into a valley with the shock of the explosion Saturday, said...