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Swedish citizen jailed for Facebook call to fund ISIS

A Swedish citizen was sentenced to six months in jail Thursday for inciting people to finance ISIS through Facebook, a landmark case for the country. In a Facebook account linked to Ahmad Qadan, 34, a post written in Swedish and published on August 21, 2013 said: "Help us supply our brothers...

Riot police confront banned anti-police protest in Paris

Hundreds of high-school students protested in Paris over police use of force Thursday, blocking the entrances to a dozen schools before heading to a banned street rally where riot police turned out in large numbers. The protest was the latest of several, many in northern suburbs of Paris,...

Yemen rebel rocket kills policeman on Saudi border

Rocket fire by Yemeni rebels killed a policeman and wounded a civilian on the Saudi side of the border, the civil defence department said late Wednesday. They were the latest casualties inside the kingdom since Saudi Arabia began leading an Arab military coalition that intervened in its...

Gunmen kidnap two Germans in northern Nigeria

Two Germans have been kidnapped while working at an archaeological site in northern Nigeria, police said Thursday. "I can confirm to you the abduction of two Germans at Jenjela village in southern Kaduna on Wednesday," state police spokesman Usman Aliyu told AFP. Aliyu said the men had...