The United Nations has criticized Israel's closure of the Gaza crossings as a "direct contravention of international human rights and humanitarian law".
The charge by Navi Pillay, the UN Hi
Somali pirates have struck again in the Gulf of Aden, hijacking another ship a day after seizing a Saudi oil supertanker with a cargo worth $100m.
The Delight, a Hong Kong-registered vessel carrying
At least four people have been killed after a suspected US missile attack struck the North West Frontier province of Pakistan, near the Afghan border, security officials said.
A senior security offic
