Twenty-one local politicians and journalists abducted by gunmen linked to a powerful politician in southern Philippines have been found dead, according to the region's military chief Major General Alfredo Cayton.
Iran began five days of war manoeuvres Sunday aimed at repelling a possible attack on the country's nuclear facilities, ostensibly by Israel. A senior aide said Iran would respond to such an attack with missile strikes on Tel Aviv.
The European Union plans to send troops to train Somali security forces in Uganda next year, as the interim government in Mogadishu struggles to maintain control over the embattled country.
Somber scenes played out at ceremonies across the United States as the nation mourned the 12 soldiers and one civilian slain in a November 5 rampage which left 42 others wounded at Fort Hood military base in Texas.
The British Ministry of Defence has launched an investigation into allegations that British soldiers tortured and in some cases, raped, Iraqi civilians following a news report in a British daily.
Up to 250,000 people have fled a tribal region on the Afghan border where the Pakistani army is in the third week of a major offensive against the Taliban.
US President Barack Obama has signed a 680-billion-dollar defence spending bill that also contains an attached measure expanding the definition of federal hate crimes to those committed because of sexual orientation.
The week in the Americas focuses on the Cayman Islands, a little tax haven suffering from the crisis, explains the debates about homosexuality in the US army and shows how the world reacted the the Obama's peace Nobel Prize.
