Legal challenge to Texas anti-abortion law starts
Similar law in Alabama ruled unconstitutional
Israeli women take cover as a siren warning of incoming rockets sounds in Ashkelon
Israeli women take cover as a siren warning of incoming rockets sounds in the southern city of Ashkelon August 4, 2014. Palestinians accused Israel of breaking its own ceasefire on Monday by launching a bomb attack on a refugee camp in Gaza City that killed an eight-year-old girl and wounded 29 other people. An Israeli military spokeswoman said she was checking the report. REUTERS/Nir Elias (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Two women walk past the emergency entrance of Mount Sinai Hospital in the Manhattan borough of New York
Two women walk past the emergency entrance of Mount Sinai Hospital in the Manhattan borough of New York August 4, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH DISASTER)
U.S. judge slows abortion restrictions tide by striking down Alabama law
USA-ABORTION/ (WRAPUP, PIX):WRAPUP 1-U.S. judge slows abortion restrictions tide by striking down Alabama law
Kikwete and Pohamba participate in a forum on curbing illegal wildlife trafficking during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington
Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete (L) and Namibia's President Hifikepunye Pohamba participate in a forum on curbing illegal wildlife trafficking during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington August 4, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ENVIRONMENT CRIME LAW)
Abortion rights activists protest outside a U.S. federal court in Austin
Abortion rights activists protest outside a U.S. federal court in Austin, Texas August 4, 2014 where a hearing started to hear a case by the Center for Reproductive Rights against a new set of restrictions on abortion clinics in the state that go into effect in September. REUTERS/Jon Herskovitz (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS)
Abortion rights activists protest outside a U.S. federal court in Austin
Abortion rights activists protest outside a U.S. federal court in Austin, Texas August 4, 2014 where a hearing started to hear a case by the Center for Reproductive Rights against a new set of restrictions on abortion clinics in the state that go into effect in September. REUTERS/Jon Herskovitz (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS)
Abortion rights activists protest outside a U.S. federal court in Austin
Abortion rights activists protest outside a U.S. federal court in Austin, Texas August 4, 2014 where a hearing started to hear a case by the Center for Reproductive Rights against a new set of restrictions on abortion clinics in the state that go into effect in September. REUTERS/Jon Herskovitz (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS)
Spanish police arrest two young women suspected of heading for jihad
SPAIN-SECURITY/JIHADISTS:Spanish police arrest two young women suspected of heading for jihad
Palestinian women walk upon the debris of a house which witnesses said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip
Palestinian women walk upon the debris of a house which witnesses said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip August 4, 2014. Palestinians accused Israel of breaking its own ceasefire on Monday by launching a bomb attack on a refugee camp in Gaza City that killed an eight-year-old girl and wounded 29 other people. An Israeli military spokeswoman said she was checking the report. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)