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Parliament passed three resolutions on Thursday, calling on the Pakistani government to review its blasphemy laws; condemning atrocities by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq; and calling for action against the "wartime rhetoric" and hate speech of provisionally released Serbian war crimes suspect Vojislav Šešelj.

EI members express solidarity with Mexican students. November 2014.

Civilians walk along Tripoli Street in Misrata, Libya.

The United States says it is "horrified" at reports the Syrian government killed dozens of civilians during airstrikes on the Islamic State group's main city of Raqqa.

Afghan officials say a suicide bomber on a motorcycle has attacked a British embassy vehicle in Kabul, killing at least five Afghans and wounding more than 30 bystanders.

The top U.S. general in Europe said he is alarmed at the Russian militarization of the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea and by provocative Russian military flights in NATO airspace.

The midwestern U.S. town of Ferguson faced a second night of unrest and solidarity demonstrations were held nationwide to protest a grand jury's decision to not indict a white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager.

Hong Kong authorities cleared a main protest camp Wednesday and arrested two leaders of the Occupy Movement, which is calling for greater democracy in the semiautonomous Chinese territory.

Hong Kong authorities have cleared street barricades at a protest site where pro-democracy demonstrators have camped for nearly two months.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has condemned what he calls Russia’s “aggression” in Ukraine, but stopped short of saying the United States will provide Ukraine with lethal aid during comments made before wrapping up a visit to Ukraine that included talks with President Petro Poroshenko. But the White House nominee to fill the number two position at the State Department has said the United States should consider giving Ukraine lethal military equipment.