Three mass graves have been discovered in an eastern area of the Democratic Republic of Congo in the DRC formerly controlled by a rebel warlord that has been the scene of recent clashes, the United Nations said today.

Lebanon’s defence minister said today that a truckload of ammunition belonging to the Hezbollah seized the previous day would be used by the Lebanese army in case of future Israeli attacks.

A column of French UN peacekeepers and military vehicles including four tanks today left to take up position in southern Lebanon on the border zone with Israel.

Hezbollah fighters are still in southern Lebanese towns and villages near the border with Israel, the leader of the militant group boasted in an interview broadcast by Al-Jazeera yesterday.

An Israeli bomb destroyed a United Nations observer post on the border in southern Lebanon, today, killing four peacekeepers.

The presence of United Nations peacekeepers for more than a year has failed to curb widespread abuses and political violence in Haiti, leaving a volatile climate for upcoming elections, Amnesty International has declared.

IRISH soccer fans travelling to Albania have been warned about the country’s high levels of robberies, mobster assassinations and car-jackings.

Afghan police have discovered four more rockets aimed at the UN peacekeeping force responsible for security in the capital, Kabul.