SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Looking for new ways to engage with its audience, Facebook says people who use its Messenger chat service will soon be able to order flowers, shop for shoes and talk with a variety of businesses by sending them direct text messages. And soon, if you haven’t …

JERUSALEM (AP) – One of Jerusalem’s most popular Palestinian hummus joints, Lina, used to serve about 100 Israeli diners a day – the majority of its clientele. But after the outbreak of Israeli-Palestinian violence last fall, the place saw business drop to about three or four Israeli diners a day, …

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – One North Korean who worked abroad says that as a waitress in China, she was forced to put up with male customers who groped her and tried to get her drunk. Two others recall the frozen bodies of their countrymen stored in Russian logging camps. …