Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan said Monday he had authorized $1 billion to build part of the wall sought by President Donald Trump along the US-Mexico border.
The Israeli military has launched air strikes in the Gaza strip, following a rocket attack near Tel Aviv that wounded seven people, including a 6-month-old infant. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had threatened strong retaliation.
A rich German family with major stakes in well-known businesses has admitted to past links to Nazi abuses. The Reimann family promised to make a donation to charity.
North Korea has returned its staff to an inter-Korean liaison office, Seoul said Monday, just days after unilaterally withdrawing from the joint facility.
A pilot allegedly killed himself in a aircraft crash early Saturday night at Matsieng Aerodrome, some 30km north of Gaborone, the capital city of Botswana.