Hezbollah, Nusra Front prisoner swap means large refugee transfer can start
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Three recently captured fighters from Lebanon’s Hezbollah group were released by Syrian Nusra Front militants early on Wednesday in exchange for three individuals held by Lebanon, Major General Abbas Ibrahim, head of Lebanon’s Genera…
Car bomb in Somali port city of Kismayo injures at least 10: police
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A car bomb explosion in the southern Somali town of Kismayo wounded at least 10 people on Tuesday, police said.
Attack on Shi’ite mosque in Afghan city kills at least 29
HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A suicide attack on a Shi’ite mosque in the western Afghan city of Herat killed more than 29 people and wounded more than 64 on Tuesday, officials said.
Venezuela jails opposition leaders in new crackdown on opponents
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela jailed two leading critics of President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday in a fresh blow to the opposition after the election of a new political body with sweeping powers to strengthen the hand of the leftist government.
German police test facial recognition cameras at Berlin station
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police deployed the first facial recognition cameras at a main railway station in Berlin on Tuesday, testing new technology that could help track and arrest crime and terrorism suspects.
Hundreds flee Saudi town as security forces clash with gunmen
DUBAI (Reuters) – Hundreds of people have fled a town in eastern Saudi Arabia where government forces are fighting Shi’ite Muslim gunmen, activists and Saudi media reported on Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia seeks to end U.S. lawsuits over Sept. 11 attacks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia on Tuesday asked a U.S. judge to dismiss 25 lawsuits claiming that it helped plan the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and should pay damages to victims.
NATO intercepts Russian jets near Estonian airspace
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Spanish and Finnish fighter jets were sent to intercept three Russian planes flying near Estonian air space on Tuesday, the NATO military alliance said in a statement.
Turkey opens trial of nearly 500 defendants over failed coup
ANKARA (Reuters) – Nearly 500 suspects including army generals and pilots went on trial in Turkey on Tuesday, many of them accused of commanding last year’s failed coup attempt from an air base in the capital Ankara.
Exclusive: Iran Revolutionary Guards find new route to arm Yemen rebels
LONDON (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have started using a new route across the Gulf to funnel covert arms shipments to their Houthi allies in Yemen’s civil war, sources familiar with the matter have told Reuters.
