Secretary of State John Kerry is beginning his week in Cairo, pushing for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Ukraine rebels say they are recovering bodies from downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and will hand over the plane's black boxes.
A series of bombings killed at least 27 people across Baghdad Saturday, shattering residents' fragile sense of security.
The extremist Islamic State has cleansed Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, of virtually all Christians.
The family of Meriam Ibrahim, the Christian woman who was sentenced to death in Sudan, is suing to annul her marriage in a new attempt to stop her from leaving Sudan.
Twenty rockets were found hidden in a vacant United Nations school in the Gaza strip.
The Church of England's ruling body has agreed to the controversial decision to allow the ordination women bishops.
News reports suggest the United States is building a case that would pin the blame for the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine on pro-Russian separatist forces.
A powerful typhoon ripped into the southern coast of China on Friday, killing at least one person.
The terror group Islamic State is taking new steps in their attempt to turn huge swaths of Iraq and Syria into a caliphate, including government projects and beheadings.