1. At least eight Yemeni civilians are killed as Saudi warplanes continue bombing different parts of the impoverished Arab nation.
2. A Palestinian lawyer says Israeli soldiers beat and torture Palestinian children in a QUOTE heinous way during interrogation.
3. A rights body says at least 26-hundred people have died in violence in Egypt following the army’s ouster of president Morsi in July 20-13.
4. Reports say Britain is preparing to expand its military training mission in Iraq and increase the number of its personnel training insurgents fighting the Syrian government.
5. The UK Queen’s income is under scrutiny, after public funding of the monarchy is increased, while other public services are affected by cuts.