5/17/2013 Bombs targeting Sunnis kill at least 76 in Iraq Bombs in Sunni areas of Iraq kill at least 76 people in major spike of sectarian violence read full article...

5/17/2013 Tunisia bans conservative Islamist conference Tunisia: Salafi conference threat to public order, setting up weekend confrontation read full article...

5/17/2013 Egypt police close Gaza border to protest kidnap Egyptian police close Gaza border in protest, demanding release of kidnapped colleagues read full article...

5/17/2013 Report: Torture evidence found in Syrian prisons Human Rights Watch says it has found evidence Syrians were tortured in government prisons read full article...

5/17/2013 Bomb strikes Sunni area in Baghdad, killing 7 Iraqi officials: bomb strikes a Sunni area in Baghdad, raising overall daily death toll to 58. read full article...

5/17/2013 Bomb strikes Sunni area in Baghdad, killing 7 Iraqi officials: bomb strikes a Sunni area in Baghdad, raising overall daily death toll to 58. read full article...

5/17/2013 Iraqi officials: bomb strikes a Sunni area in Baghdad, raising overall daily death toll to 58 Iraqi officials: bomb strikes a Sunni area in Baghdad, raising overall daily death toll to 58 read full article...

5/17/2013 Iraqi officials: bomb strikes a Sunni area in Baghdad, raising overall daily death toll to 58 Iraqi officials: bomb strikes a Sunni area in Baghdad, raising overall daily death toll to 58 read full article...

5/17/2013 A look at 'enforced disappearances' worldwide UN panel still tracking nearly 43,000 open cases of 'enforced disappearances' from 84 nations read full article...

5/17/2013 Rights groups: Syria holds thousands incommunicado Rights groups say thousands have vanished into the Syrian regime's torture dungeons read full article...