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1. Syria could descend into chaos. But early positive signs bring some cautious optimism

   

2. 'Unspeakable carnage': UN, government condemn killing of 184 Haitians in gangland massacre

   

   A gang leader who controls a key port in Haiti's capital is accused of massacring older people and Vodou religious leaders in his community to avenge his son's death, according to the government and human rights organizations that estimate more than 100 were killed.

3. Some Gaza mothers forced to reuse diapers, sell jewelry to afford them

   

   As the war continues to ravage the Gaza Strip, basic supplies such as diapers are harder to come by, and when they are available, are sold at expensive prices. Mothers like Asala Shehata have had to find alternatives, including washing diapers, to manage the needs of their children.

4. Benjamin Netanyahu begins testifying in his corruption trial, calls charges 'ocean of absurdness'

   

   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the stand on Tuesday in his long-running trial for alleged corruption, setting off what's expected to be a weekslong spectacle that will draw unwelcome attention to his legal woes as he faces an international arrest warrant for war crimes and the fighting in Gaza continues.

5. Polygamist leader Samuel Bateman draws 50-year sentence for efforts to coerce women, girls into sex

   

   A polygamist religious leader who claimed more than 20 spiritual 'wives' including 10 underage girls was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Monday for coercing girls as young as nine years old to submit to criminal sex acts with him and other adults, and for scheming to kidnap them from protective custody.