Global Week in Review: Alleged Syria Gas Attack Raises Global Alarm

Plus, former Egypt President Hosni Mubarak leaves jail.

What’s Next? - Leading up to a public address on the matter set for Sept. 10, President Obama will continue to lobby among his foreign allies and Washington, D.C.-based leaders for a strike on Syria. Keep reading here for updates as the Syrian conflict evolves.(Photo: AP Photo/Media Office Of Douma City)

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Global News to Know - In this week’s global news, Brazilians track their partners with a smartphone app; the Edward Snowden saga continues; an alleged gas attack in Syria raises alarm (above); plus more. — Patrice Peck(Photo: Manu Brabo/AP Photo)

Forgotten Crises - "Basically what happens every year, there are crises that hit the spotlight (and) Syria is at the top of the agenda right now," U.N. Undersecretary-General Valerie Amos told Reuters. It’s been two years since popular demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime spiraled into the ongoing Syrian civil war. In June 2013, the death toll surpassed 100,000, according to the U.N.(Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi)

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Alleged Gas Attack Sparks International Outcry - Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime bombed rebel-held suburbs on Thursday in eastern Damascus, where government forces had led an alleged chemical attack killing more than 100 people the prior day. Anti-regime activists have reported more than 1,300 deaths, many of them children and women. A U.N. team already in Syria to inspect past chemical attack claims has been urged to investigate the site of the recent alleged massacre.(Photo: AP Photo/Media Office Of Douma City)

Mubarak to Return to Jail - Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 84, has been ordered back to prison after reports show that his health has improved following the stroke he suffered last month.  (Photo: REUTERS/Stringer)

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Mubarak Set Free - Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was released from prison more than two years after he was overthrown during the Arab Spring protests. He still faces a retrial for corruption and complicity in the killing of demonstrators during the protests against him and is expected to be placed under house arrest. The North African nation remains in a state of emergency amid bloody clashes that left hundreds dead.(Photo: Reuters)

I Spy - In an interview with the U.K.'s Guardian newspaper, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden said that agency employees like to pass around naked pictures of attractive people that they just happen to "stumble upon" during the course of their work. "These are seen as sort of the fringe benefits of a surveillance position," he said. (Photo: AP Photo/The Guardian)

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The Edward Snowden Saga Continues - Britain has launched a criminal investigation after seizing documents from David Miranda, the partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, who broke the story of Edward Snowden’s leak of classified information. After granting a limited injunction to Miranda, a court ruled in the British government’s favor.(Photo: AP Photo/The Guardian)

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Five More Years - With allegations of vote-rigging now behind him, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, 89, was sworn in for another five-year term on Thursday before tens of thousands of nationals. The defeated opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, called Mugabe a “robber” in a statement explaining their absence from the ceremony.(Photo: EPA/AARON UFUMELI/LANDOV)

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Kenya’s Members of Parliament Want More Money - Kenyan legislators are trying to change the constitution to determine their own salaries, according to a Kenyan constitutional expert. If they are successful, the legislators will not be held to constitutional stipulations that define how a leader should behave. This quiet move comes two months after a series of rallies protesting a proposed drastic increase in legislators pay.(Photo: REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya)

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Kenya’s Members of Parliament Want More Money - Kenyan legislators are trying to change the constitution to determine their own salaries, according to a Kenyan constitutional expert. If they are successful, the legislators will not be held to constitutional stipulations that define how a leader should behave. This quiet move comes two months after a series of rallies protesting a proposed drastic increase in legislators pay.(Photo: REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya)

Stalking Your Partner? There’s an App for That - Technology just might be a philandering lover’s worst nightmare. In Brazil, the smartphone app “Boyfriend Tracker” received at least tens of thousands of downloads before it was removed from the Google Play app store last week due to complaints of privacy abuse. A neurotic partner’s dream, the app’s functions include sending the tracker updates on his partner’s location and enabling the partner’s phone to call the tracker’s phone and silently eavesdrop.(Photo: AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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Stalking Your Partner? There’s an App for That - Technology just might be a philandering lover’s worst nightmare. In Brazil, the smartphone app “Boyfriend Tracker” received at least tens of thousands of downloads before it was removed from the Google Play app store last week due to complaints of privacy abuse. A neurotic partner’s dream, the app’s functions include sending the tracker updates on his partner’s location and enabling the partner’s phone to call the tracker’s phone and silently eavesdrop.(Photo: AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

LGBT Rights Demanded in Nepal - Nepal’s fourth annual sexual minorities march took place on Thursday, when about 1,000 lesbians, gays and transgender people and advocates celebrated and called for rights for their community. "We are here to appeal to the general public so they stop all types of discrimination against us," rally participant Nisha Sharma told AP. "We are your children, brothers and sisters. Love us and treat us like your own."(Photo: AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

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LGBT Rights Demanded in Nepal - Nepal’s fourth annual sexual minorities march took place on Thursday, when about 1,000 lesbians, gays and transgender people and advocates celebrated and called for rights for their community. "We are here to appeal to the general public so they stop all types of discrimination against us," rally participant Nisha Sharma told AP. "We are your children, brothers and sisters. Love us and treat us like your own."(Photo: AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Police Launch New Look at Princess Diana’s Death - Although British police will not reveal why, they have decided to re-examine the 1997 car crash that killed Princess Diana. Several investigations deduced that she died because her limo driver was intoxicated and speeding to dodge paparazzi and she was not wearing her seat belt when the vehicle crashed. Still, conspiracy theories about her unexpected death continue to circulate.(Photo: AP Photo/Ian Waldie, File)

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Police Launch New Look at Princess Diana’s Death - Although British police will not reveal why, they have decided to re-examine the 1997 car crash that killed Princess Diana. Several investigations deduced that she died because her limo driver was intoxicated and speeding to dodge paparazzi and she was not wearing her seat belt when the vehicle crashed. Still, conspiracy theories about her unexpected death continue to circulate.(Photo: AP Photo/Ian Waldie, File)

Thousands of Syrians Pour Into Iraq - The ongoing, bloody Syrian civil war has triggered a mass exodus, driving tens of thousands of Syrian Kurds into neighboring Iraq over the past few days, U.N. officials announced on Monday. Investigators with the global organizations arrived in the volatile nation on Monday to launch a long-awaited examination of the alleged use of chemical weapons in the three-year-old conflict.(Photo: AP Photo/HO)

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Thousands of Syrians Pour Into Iraq - The ongoing, bloody Syrian civil war has triggered a mass exodus, driving tens of thousands of Syrian Kurds into neighboring Iraq over the past few days, U.N. officials announced on Monday. Investigators with the global organizations arrived in the volatile nation on Monday to launch a long-awaited examination of the alleged use of chemical weapons in the three-year-old conflict.(Photo: AP Photo/HO)

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Mexico: Back to School With Flawed Books - You cannot believe everything you read. That is what Mexico’s Department of Education recently proved after discovering government-provided textbooks littered with misspellings and errors of grammar and punctuation. Unfortunately, some 235 million books had already been published. "How are we going to nurture minds with grammatical mistakes?" Education Secretary Emilio Chuayffet told Christian Science Monitor.(Photo: AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

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Mexico: Back to School With Flawed Books - You cannot believe everything you read. That is what Mexico’s Department of Education recently proved after discovering government-provided textbooks littered with misspellings and errors of grammar and punctuation. Unfortunately, some 235 million books had already been published. "How are we going to nurture minds with grammatical mistakes?" Education Secretary Emilio Chuayffet told Christian Science Monitor.(Photo: AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

President Joyce Banda - As Forbes reports, President Joyce Banda — Malawi’s first female president and the continent’s second — has helped to remove monetary suspensions from Western supporters to Malawi and revived cash injections from the IMF. However, the controversial leader has also faced a number of financial and corruption scandals during her time in office. (Photo: Lefteris Pitarakis - WPA Pool /Getty Images)

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African Leaders Tells West to Lift Sanctions - "The people of Zimbabwe have suffered enough,” Malawian President Joyce Banda said this past weekend about the West’s sanctions imposed on the Southern African nation. Additional Southern African leaders backed Banda’s sentiments at a recent summit in Malawi, claiming that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s election victory had proven to be “free and peaceful.”(Photo: Lefteris Pitarakis - WPA Pool /Getty Images)

Olympian to Stand Trial - Double amputee Oscar Pistorius, 26, was formally indicted on Monday on a charge of murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. The trial is set to begin on March 3. Among 100 other people, the prosecution plans to call neighbors, who allegedly heard a woman screaming, to the stand, CBS News reported.  (Photo: AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

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Olympian to Stand Trial - Double amputee Oscar Pistorius, 26, was formally indicted on Monday on a charge of murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. The trial is set to begin on March 3. Among 100 other people, the prosecution plans to call neighbors, who allegedly heard a woman screaming, to the stand, CBS News reported.  (Photo: AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Railway Tragedy Kills Dozens in India - At least 37 Hindu pilgrims were killed on Monday after an express train accidentally ran over the group at a crowded station in eastern India. Outraged at the deaths, a mob set fire to the coaches and severely beat the driver, who may or may not be alive, AP reported.(Photo: AP Photo)

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Railway Tragedy Kills Dozens in India - At least 37 Hindu pilgrims were killed on Monday after an express train accidentally ran over the group at a crowded station in eastern India. Outraged at the deaths, a mob set fire to the coaches and severely beat the driver, who may or may not be alive, AP reported.(Photo: AP Photo)

Same-Sex Couples Tie Knot in New Zealand - Wedding bells were ringing in New Zealand, where 31 same-sex couples were scheduled to marry on Monday, according to BBC News. The country’s parliament amended the country’s 1955 marriage act in April, making it the first country in the region to legalize same-sex marriage.(Photo: AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Alan Gibson) 

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Same-Sex Couples Tie Knot in New Zealand - Wedding bells were ringing in New Zealand, where 31 same-sex couples were scheduled to marry on Monday, according to BBC News. The country’s parliament amended the country’s 1955 marriage act in April, making it the first country in the region to legalize same-sex marriage.(Photo: AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Alan Gibson) 

Prince William Talks Parenthood - Royal baby fans finally got their first helping of post-pregnancy news when Prince William sat down for an interview with CNN. He discussed changing diapers, being kept awake at night and driving Catherine and George home from the hospital. "He's a little bit of a rascal, put it that way,” said William.(Photo: AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

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Prince William Talks Parenthood - Royal baby fans finally got their first helping of post-pregnancy news when Prince William sat down for an interview with CNN. He discussed changing diapers, being kept awake at night and driving Catherine and George home from the hospital. "He's a little bit of a rascal, put it that way,” said William.(Photo: AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)