A US spending watchdog has revealed Washington awarded more than $150m in contracts to companies and individuals, known to support the Taliban, in Afghanistan.
Soon after taking office, President Obama pledged to open a new inquiry into the deaths of perhaps thousands of Taliban prisoners of war at the hands of US-allied Afghan fighters in late 2001.
The Interpol has issued a global security alert, warning countries around the world to be on their guard after a series of jail breaks believed to be linked to terrorist al-Qaeda.
Palestinians in Gaza hospitals suffer fuel shortages in consequence of Israeli illegal siege on the coastal strip.
Tens of thousands of Tunisians have poured to the streets to express support for the government, in one of the largest demonstrations since the 2011 revolution.
Turkeys security forces have fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of anti-government protesters in Istanbul, leaving several people wounded.
Two priests who have been kidnapped by militants in Syria are alive and held captive in Turkey, a source close to al-Alam has said.
Egypt's interim government and supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi have given the first signs of a readiness to compromise.
A lawyer for a detainee at the US-controlled prison in Guantanamo Bay has revealed humiliating and degrading body searches prompt prisoners to avoid meeting with lawyers.
Syria's army has inflicted heavy losses on foreign-backed terrorists during operations in the central province of Homs.