Israel and Kenya should work hand-in-hand against “terrorism,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in Nairobi on Tuesday during the second leg of a four-nation Africa tour.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday ruled out a reconciliation with Egypt, despite a diplomatic blitz that has seen Ankara mend fences with Russia and Israel.

Iraqi Interior Minister Mohammed Ghabban announced Tuesday that he had submitted his resignation to the prime minister following a bombing in Baghdad that killed more than 200 people.

"I placed my resignation before the prime minister," Ghabban told a news conference.

UN chief Ban Ki-Moon on Monday denounced Israel's decision to expand the construction of settlements in the West Bank and Jerusalem, his spokesman said.

The UN leader is "deeply disappointed" that Israel's announcement came days after last week's release of a key report by the Middle East diplomatic quartet -- the United States, European Union, Russia and the United Nations -- that urged Israel to stop building settlements, Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.

Seven years after it began, the official inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war finally reports on Wednesday with former prime minister Tony Blair expected to face severe criticism.

Islamist rebels and jihadists in Syria are guilty of war crimes, Amnesty International said in a report Tuesday, accusing them of "a chilling wave of abductions, torture and summary killings."

Iran on Tuesday condemned three suicide bombings that rocked its regional rival Saudi Arabia, one of them targeting Islam's second holiest place, the Prophet's Mosque in Medina.

A barrage of rockets targeted a camp housing members of an Iranian opposition group near Baghdad on Monday, injuring several people, an Iraqi security spokesman and the exiles said.

Three suicide bombings have struck across Saudi Arabia in a single day, including a shocking attack at Islam's second holiest site, the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, where four security guards were killed.

Monday's attacks on Islam's spiritual home came as Muslims prepare for the feast this week marking the end of the holy fasting month Ramadan.

The two Palestinians who shot dead four Israelis at a popular Tel Aviv nightspot last month had drawn inspiration from the Islamic State group, security officials said Monday.