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Efforts to revamp Syria's fractured opposition reached a peak at a conference in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar. The U.S. has led what some have termed an overly public diplomatic campaign to restructure the opposition in exile and tighten its links with rebel commanders on the ground in Syria.

The blanket of debris covering a village has become more unstable with rain and streams trapped under it, officials say, and villagers digging with bare hands through muddy rubble is also concerning.

A breakdown in law and order along a main route in southern Gaza has made Israel's daytime fighting pause ineffectual for aid delivery. This led to skyrocketing food prices sold on the black market.

With the U.S. denying humanitarian entry to Haitians and stepping up deportations, nearly 5,000 are trapped on the U.S. border in Tijuana. Some are resigned to starting new lives in Mexico.

Police said they believed that Nyah Mway brandished a weapon after running away from three officers who were investigating a string of recent robberies. Authorities later said it was a pellet gun.

The Washington Monument was seriously damaged by an earthquake last summer that left hunks of stone lying around the base of obelisk. Months later, National Park Service officials are finalizing a plan for repairs, but the structure will remain closed for at least another year.

Miners are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities after police closed off the entrances used to transport supplies.

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev said that the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed last week was shot down by Russia unintentionally, and criticized Moscow for trying to "hush up" the issue for days.

Debris streaking across the Caribbean appeared to cause confusion and delays.

If children in the Gaza Strip need to get treatment for cancer, they face a bureaucratic morass — and a trek outside Gaza. One nonprofit hopes to fix that by building a pediatric cancer center there.