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As many as 1,700 bodies are believed to be in mass graves unearthed near the site of a massacre of Iraqi soldiers manning a former U.S. military base.

News of the plan comes as a delegation of North Korean officials venture south to Incheon for Saturday's closing ceremonies of the 2014 Asian Games.

The move, which was announced by Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, would make Sweden the first major European nation to take that step.

The scale of the destruction wreaked by Cyclone Pam is becoming slowly apparent. The storm, which struck Vanuatu late Friday, destroyed buildings and crops, killed at least 8 people and injured 20.

United Nations special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said violations of the cease-fire halted some of the progress made during the talks. Ahmed said they would meet again in January.

Pyongyang says the test of an anti-ship cruise missile "verified and confirmed" that the technology had met "military, scientific and technical requirements."

Three Palestinians were killed after Israeli police say they tried to stab Israelis. Meanwhile, Israel rejected a plan for international police to watch over the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The International Atomic Energy Agency believes Iran has "mastered the critical steps needed to build a nuclear weapon," The Washington Post reports. Iran has issued a denial.

Saadi Gadhafi had reportedly been trying to get to a luxury resort, with help from a Canadian security company.

The seemingly intractable nature of the problems plaguing Afghanistan are being underscored yet again with two new reports from the United Nations.