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GENEVA (AP) — Diplomats today are considering a request by Iraq's government for the U.N.'s top human rights body to investigate alleged crimes against civilians committed by the Islamic State group in its rampage across much of Syria and Iraq. A day-long session in Geneva is focused on the threat posed by the group, which has seized cities and towns and carried out a number of massacres and beheadings.
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO's chief says the alliance's leaders will be asked this week to approve the creation of a high-readiness force and the stockpiling of military equipment in Eastern Europe. The goal would be to help protect member nations against potential Russian aggression. NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen told reporters the proposed new force could be made up of several thousand troops contributed on a rotating basis by the 28 NATO countries.
KIBBUTZ SAAD, Israel (AP) — Thousands of Israeli children in areas near the Gaza Strip have returned to school today. They had spent much of the summer in bomb shelters as rockets and mortars rained on their communities during the 50-day Israel-Hamas war. In Gaza, meanwhile, schools are still closed as the territory recovers from the fighting.
BEIJING (AP) — China has seen its latest deadly attack on students and teachers at an elementary school. Officials say a man stabbed children and adults with a fruit knife at a school in central China today, killing three children and injuring six other people before jumping to his death. It happened on the first day of school after summer break.
NEW YORK (AP) — Several shootings have been reported near the route of New York City's West Indian Day Parade just hours before its start. The New York Police Department says a 55-year-old man was shot and killed at 3:30 a.m. today in Brooklyn's Crown Heights. A suspect is in custody. Police say they're still gathering information about other shootings in the vicinity. The parade has been scarred in recent years by violence nearby. Police are taking steps to keep the event safe, including keeping tabs on any gang activity.
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