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Happy Eid al-Fitr! - In this week's global events, Zimbabwe's poll body admits mistakes, Desmond Tutu's home is robbed and more. —LaToya Bowlah and Patrice PeckCalories were disregarded as millions of Muslims celebrated the end of Ramadan on Thursday morning with prayer and indulgent feasts. The month-long holiday of dawn-to-dusk fasting culminates in the Eid al-Fitr, a three-day celebration. (Photo: AP Photo/Ahmad Nazar)

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Drone Kills Six al-Qaida Militants in Yemen - Six suspected al-Qaida operatives in Yemen were killed in an alleged U.S. drone strike on Thursday. This event marks the sixth U.S. drone strike in the past 10 days, during which travel warnings and U.S. embassy closures were enforced in response to threats pinpointed to an al-Qaida offshoot based in the Arab country.  (Photo: REUTERS/U.S. Navy/Erik Hildebrandt/Northrop Grumman/ Handout)

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Desmond Tutu Gets Burgled - Burglars robbed the Cape Town home of Desmond Tutu earlier this week, while the retired Anglican archbishop and his wife were asleep. An arrest has yet to be made. The couple was not harmed. (Photo: REUTERS/Paul Hackett)

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Zimbabwe Election Panel Acknowledges Slip-ups - Amid allegations of vote-rigging and corruption in the recent presidential elections, Zimbabwe’s state election commission admitted on Thursday that some errors were discovered, including nearly 305,000 people being turned away from voting. Nonetheless, the mistakes were not enough to affect President Robert Mugabe’s re-election victory, according to the nation’s poll body. (Photo: AP Photo)

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Major Fraud Case Emerges From Jamaica Teachers Union - Jamaican students might want to take heed of the adage “Do as I say, not as I do.” Accounting irregularities discovered during a routine audit of the nation’s teacher union has launched a major police investigation. Considered an “unprecedented” fraud case, the Jamaican police force says detectives are “working around the clock” gathering interviews and statements. The union’s accounting staff was placed on leave.(Photo: MyLoupe/UIG via Getty Images)

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Rwanda Refuses to Immediately Extradite Wanted Congo Rebels - Four Rwanda-based rebel leaders formerly of M23 are wanted in Congo for crimes against humanities, but the Rwandan government has refused to immediately extradite them. The U.N. claims that Rwanda continues to back the rebels, an accusation which the government has denied. The nation’s Minister of Foreign Affairs insisted on Thursday that Congo’s government must follow a particular legal process before Rwanda would consider extradition. (Photo: AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

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Afghan President Calls for Ceasefire as Bomb Kills 14 - In the wake of a an explosion that killed at least 14 women and children of a single family in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai appealed to the Taliban, calling for peace on Thursday.  The family had been visiting the grave of a relative who was killed by the Taliban earlier this year when a bomb planted in a graveyard detonated. The bomber has not been identified. (Photo: AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

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U.S. Extends Embassy Closures - An intercepted message among senior al-Qaida operatives suggesting a possible threat forced more than 20 U.S. embassies to close on Sunday, reported AP. Nineteen of those diplomatic posts in the Mideast and Africa will remain closed for the rest of the week. The United States also issued travel warnings to Americans abroad.(Photo: AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

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Uruguay Starts Marrying Gay Couples - Together for 14 years, Sergio Miranda and Rodrigo Borda became the first same-sex couple Monday to register for marriage in Uruguay. In May, President Jose Mujica signed legislation that came into effect this month making Uruguay the second South American country after Argentina to pass a gay-marriage law.(Photo: REUTERS/Andres Stapff)

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South African City Apologizes for Mandela Bill - The city of Johannesburg had some explaining to do when a notice demanding $650 for utilities services was incorrectly sent to the home of ailing former South African president Nelson Mandela, who has been hospitalized since June 8. The city apologized on Monday for the mix up, claiming the bill was meant for another customer.  (Photo: THOMAS MUKOYA/LANDOV)

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Former Turkish Military Chief Receives Life Sentence for Coup Plot - On Monday, an estimated 250 people were convicted of planning to overthrow Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Ergodan’s government. Turkey’s former military chief, retired Gen. Ilker Basbug, was one of at least 16 other defendants sentenced to life in prison, according to NPR.   Photo: AP Photo)

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Egypt’s Brotherhood Leader Rejects Appeal to Negotiate - Senior U.S. senators and diplomats from the Persian Gulf and the EU have met with the imprisoned deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Khairat el-Shater, to discuss ending Eygpt’s crisis, Al-Jazeera reported. During the meeting, which sources say lasted less than an hour, Shater reportedly refused to negotiate, and instructed the delegation to meet with ousted leader Mohamed Morsi, instead. (Photo: AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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Economic Crisis Displaces Spanish Bullfighters in Peru - Suffering from both an economic crisis and a rising ethical disapproval, bullfighting in Europe fell by half to 1,997 in 2012. Matadors from Spain looking for work have migrated to Peru, where the pay is comparatively low, but the number of annual bullfights, or corridas, is three times more than any other Latin American country.   (Photo: AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

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Myanmar’s Punk Rockers Scream Out Against Religious Intolerance - Few in the predominantly Buddhist nation of Myanmar are willing to speak out against the radical Buddhists, but punk rock bands like Rebel Riot are publicly condemning Buddhist monks who are instigating violence towards Muslims in the country. Kyaw Kyaw, the lead singer of the band, described the radical Buddhists as nationalistic fascists.(Photo: AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

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Dairy Exporter Finds Contaminated Products - Fonterra, the world’s biggest dairy exporter, has found bacteria in some of its products that could cause botulism. The company said that contaminated products, which include infant milk powder and sports drinks, have been exported to China, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand and Saudi Arabia.(Photo: AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Greg Bowker) 

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Political Protests in Burkina Faso - Thousands of demonstrators in Burkina Faso protested a potentially biased selection of senators by long-serving President Blaise Compaore, who is considering revising the constitution in order to run for re-election.(Photo: JOE PENNEY /LANDOV)

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Where’s the Beef? In the Laboratory - Move over, Big Mac. After five years of research, a Netherlands-based team of scientists have created hamburger meat in a laboratory using stem cells of cattle. Two taste-testers sampled the cow-cell burgers on Monday in London. While the experimental meat cost more than $300,000 to produce, the ultimate goal with lab-made meat is to satisfy growing global meat consumption without exhausting resources.(Photo: AP Photo/Bogdan Maran)

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Supporters of Zimbabwe’s Opposition Party Said They Were Attacked - More than 30 supporters of Zimbabwe’s opposition party, MDC, claimed to have been attacked by Zanu-PF supporters of President Robert Mugabe. The alleged attacks happened after the official presidential election poll results were announced on Wednesday giving President Mugabe a seventh term in office.  (Photo: AP Photo)

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Study Raises Concerns of West Germany Cheating in Sports - A study revealed that West Germany aided in the use of athletes using performance-enhancing drugs. In the study, Berlin's Humboldt University said that state officials sponsored research for the drugs including anabolic steroids, testosterone, estrogen and EPO. The report also claimed that three West German footballers in the 1966 World Cup final squad used the illegal stimulant ephedrine.(Photo: Roland Weihrauch DPA /LANDOV)

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Pedophile’s Pardon Revoked by Morocco’s King - After protests erupted in Morocco over the pardon of a Spanish serial pedophile, King Mohamed VI has revoked the pardon. On Saturday, the king said he did not know the severity of Daniel Galvan Fina’s crimes and ordered an investigation of his release. Fina, convicted 18 months ago in Kenitra, was serving a 30-year sentence for raping children aged 4 to 15.(Photo: AP Photo/Mustapha Houbais)

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Honduras’ Prison Is Under Military Security - After riots erupted in Honduras' national penitentiary, President Porfirio Lobo placed soldiers in charge of security. The riot left at least three gang members dead and 12 people injured.(Photo: AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)

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Mali Begins a Second Round of Presidential Votes - Former Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and former Finance Minister Soumaila Cissé will go head to head in the second round of Mali’s presidential race. Despite concerns over the voter registration process, government figures predict a turnout of 51 percent, surpassing Mali's previous record high of 38 percent.(Photo: AP Photo / Rebecca Blackwell)

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Anti-Misogyny Protest on Twitter Sparks Debate - A Twitter campaign was held on Sunday where participants used the hashtag #twittersilence to focus on institutionalized misogyny and to empower women’s voices online. What started as a silent campaign soon became a lively discussion in which feminist activists addressed online hate speech targeting women and possible solutions. "#twittersilence isn't helpful. The whole idea is to NOT be silenced," tweeted political analyst Zerlina Maxwell.(Photo: Twitter)

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