Mohammed Mahdi Abu Al-Qumsan, 26, was on his way to pick up birth certificates for his newborn twins when he received the call: Aysal, Ayser and their mother Jumana were killed in an Israeli strike.
Ernesto strengthened into a hurricane on Wednesday as it dropped torrential rain on Puerto Rico and left nearly half of all clients in the U.S. territory without power as it threatened to strengthen into a major storm en route to Bermuda.
Talks aimed at ending Sudan's shattering 16-month-old civil war began on Wednesday in Switzerland. Massive hunger, displacement and allegations of targeted attacks and sexual assaults are among the grave issues facing the east African country.
