Villagers stood at a mass grave in Dogon Na Hauwa, Nigeria, on Monday.
Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters

Dozens of bodies lined the dusty streets of three Christian villages in northern Nigeria yesterday.

U.S., South Korea Begin War Games, Angering North Korea — L.A. Times

Pyongyang criticizes the annual exercises as ‘adventurous saber-rattling.’ The drills, known as Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, will last 11 days and involve tens of thousands of troops.

Reporting from Seoul – U.S.

From Reuters, this video shows some examples of acts of charity in Latvia. The country has fallen into a deep depression, but the people there try to keep each others spirits high through giving.

A new Middle East peace mission hit a snag today even before US Vice President Joe Biden’s plane had landed in Tel Aviv, when Israel announced the construction of more than 100 new apartments in a West Bank settlement.

The announcement of the 112 new housing units in Beitar Illit angered Palestinians, who have demanded a total freeze to settlement growth and who only reluctantly agreed to US-brokered indirect talks with Israel the day before.

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