Israel released more than two dozen Palestinian prisoners convicted in deadly attacks against Israelis early on Tuesday as part of a US-brokered package to restart Mideast peace talks.
The violent conflict in South Sudan has left at least 1,000 people dead and displaced over 120,000 during the past month, according to statistics from the UN.
A female suicide bomber blew herself up in the entrance hall of a Russian train station on Sunday, killing at least 14 people in the second deadly attack within three days as the country prepares to host the Winter Olympics.
South Sudan troops will attack the main stronghold of rebel forces loyal to former vice president Riek Machar if the government's offer of a ceasefire is rejected, a senior minister said on Saturday.
Outrage from Asian neighbors and world powers continued to grow on Friday over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to a shrine that honors 14 of Japan's World War II Class A war criminals among the country's war dead.
A woman wearing a tiger mask appears in Beijing, Sept 28, 2013.
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