Ukraine on Friday said it expects Russia to launch 'big attacks' against it sometime on Friday or Saturday, and warned its citizens to take cover.

The U.S. defense secretary said there is "rightful alarm" of China's military build up. But he also struck a more moderate tone on U.S.-China relations – and notably sidestepped bringing up Taiwan.

Carpenters were reconstructing an Ebola treatment center in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday (May 29), rebuilding facilities that were burned down earlier this month when protesters angry over the burial of an Ebola victim stormed the hospital.

Israeli air force and artillery strikes were reported on Saturday near the strategic mountain site of a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon as fighting raged in villages close to the city of Nabatiyeh.

The U.S. Southern Command confirmed the strike, the latest in a controversial months-long campaign against alleged drug boats.

Mexico approved a constitutional reform that adds foreign intervention or interference in electoral processes as a new ground for annulling elections.

The tour comes as Myanmar's new government tries to consolidate its political position regionally, while continuing to wage a brutal civil war.

General Francis Donovan's meeting in Cuba comes amid growing concerns of a possible U.S. military attack on the Communist-run island.