| Militants vow to defy rally ban in Tunisia | | TUNIS - Tunisian security forces deployed in strength on Saturday after Salafist movement Ansar Al Shariah called on its hardline supporters to defy a government ban on its annual congress. | | ‘Al Qaeda’ kills Yemen spy officer | | ADEN - Suspected Al Qaeda gunmen shot dead a Yemeni intelligence officer in a drive-by attack in the southern city of Mukalla, capital of the southeastern Hadramawt province, a police source said on Saturday. | | Egyptian police block Gaza crossing | | Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again on Saturday, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, witnesses said. | | ‘Qaeda’ kills Yemen intelligence officer: police | | Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen shot dead a Yemeni intelligence officer in a drive-by attack in the southern city of Mukalla, capital of the south-eastern Hadramawt province, a police source said on Saturday. | | Iraq violence kills eight | | Violence in Iraq killed eight people, including a police officer, his wife and two children, on Saturday, while gunmen kidnapped 10 security force personnel, officials said. | | New case of SARS-like virus in Saudi: ministry | | A new case of the deadly coronavirus has been detected in Saudi Arabia where 15 people have already died after contracting it, the health ministry announced on Saturday on its Internet website. | | Syria govt supporters hack Financial Times | | The Financial Times’ website and Twitter feeds were hacked on Friday, renewing questions about whether the popular social media service has done enough to tighten security as cyber-attacks on the news media intensify. | | Syrian refugees exceed 1.5 million | | The number of Syrian refugees, who are either registered or awaiting registration, has surpassed 1.5 million, while the actual number is much higher, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). | |
