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The death toll continues to climb as more than 100 people have died after a tropical storm battered Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador over the weekend, officials in those countries reported.

Responding to allegations Israeli soldiers attacked unarmed civilians on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, an anonymous Israeli official said activists opened fire on soldiers and attacked them with sticks and knives.

A precision air strike has killed one of the two most senior Taliban leaders in Kandahar province and several of his fighters, the U.S. military said Monday.

Anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune testified in a trial Monday that he had no intention of hurting anyone when he protested Japan’s whale hunt.

A 13-year-old Pakistani boy has taken his school to court, challenging his expulsion after he got married.

German President Horst Koehler resigned suddenly Monday over what he said was heavy criticism about comments he made on Germany’s military involvement in Afghanistan, which he said had been misinterpreted.

A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Philippines on Monday about 570 miles (917 km) southeast of Manila, the nation’s capital, the U.S. Geological Service said.

Experts are examining the exhumed remains of men who fought for Mexico’s independence as part of the country’s bicentennial celebration.

A fisherman who was hospitalized after becoming ill while cleaning up oil in the Gulf of Mexico has filed a temporary restraining order in federal court against oil company BP.

South Korea’s defense ministry will show wreckage of a sunken ship to a group of Twitter users in an effort to dispel doubts among young skeptics about its investigation blaming North Korea for attacking the vessel, state media said Monday.