Iraqi forensic teams began on Monday excavating 12 suspected mass grave sites thought to hold the corpses of as many as 1,700 soldiers massacred last summer by Islamic State militants as they swept across northern Iraq.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called on Tuesday for Iran to get involved in a debate on security in Yemen as parliament resumed discussion on whether Pakistan should join a Saudi-led campaign against Iran-allied Yemeni forces.
Charges against a Chicago Uber driver who was accused of raping a female passenger late last year were dropped on Monday, officials said.
China called on other countries on Tuesday to respect its judicial sovereignty after U.S. former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denounced as "inexcusable" the detention of five women activists.
