UK's Hammond Backs More Saudi Arms Sales, Says They Create 'British Jobs'

UK Foreign secretary Philip Hammond has been criticized for suggesting that Britain should sell more weapons to Saudi Arabia, despite Riyadh's military offensive in Yemen, which has led to allegations of Saudi war crimes.

MSF Report: Afghan Hospital Attack Had No Military Purpose

The international humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders says an internal review of last month's airstrikes by U.S. forces on its hospital in northern Afghanistan shows no reason why the facility should have come under attack.

Japanese lawmakers make mass visit to Yasukuni Shrine

Scores of Japanese lawmakers visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine on Tuesday, two weeks before Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is scheduled to meet with his Chinese and South Korean counterparts for trilateral talks.

Saudi-led Coalition airstrike kills 26 at Yemen wedding

Warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition hit a wedding celebration in Yemen's southwestern province of Dhamar Wednesday night, killing 26 civilians and wounding dozens, medical sources told Xinhua.

Arab coalition accused of war crimes in Yemen

Amnesty International has accused the Arab coalition fighting in Yemen of carrying out unlawful air strikes, some of which amount to war crimes.

UN report on Israel's 2014 assault on Gaza decries unprecedented human suffering

A United Nations report into the Israeli assault on Gaza in July 2014 which was released Monday decried the devastation and human suffering incurred on the Palestinians by the Israelis, stating that it was unprecedented and will impact generations to come.

Israel closes probe into deaths of four Gaza boys. It will not bring criminal charges..

Israel says no action will be taken against those involved in the last year's bombing of Gaza beach that left four Palestinian children dead, saying that it was an accident.