Egyptian officials say soldiers and police officers mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai Peninsula during a search for kidnapped security personnel.    

Two days of clashes between rebel fighters and Congo’s army near the eastern city of Goma have killed at least 19 people, threatening an uneasy six-month peace.    

Carl Pistorius, the brother of Oscar Pistorius, was acquitted Tuesday of culpable homicide in a case involving the death of a woman in a road accident.    

An attempt to force Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Nelson Mandela’s former wife, to pay an old debt by auctioning off her artworks and other belongings failed Tuesday.