Houthi rebels released 113 prisoners as part of a humanitarian initiative announced earlier this week, Red Cross said Sunday. “The unilateral release of 113 detainees took place in Sana’a today,” the humanitarian group said, adding that it mediated to secure the release. The...

The explosion comes as an Israeli drone attack reportedly targeted a car and a truck near Syria’s border with Lebanon. A car explosion has killed one person in Syria’s capital Damascus, Syrian news agency SANA reported, without identifying the victim. “One person was killed when an...

NAFPLIO, Greece (AP) — A  group of Egyptians  jailed for nearly a year pending trial for a deadly shipwreck were released from jail Wednesday, a day after a Greek court threw out the case against them on grounds that it had no jurisdiction to try it. Nine Egyptians had been...

It began last month with the arrest of a Russian deputy defense minister. Then the head of the ministry’s personnel directorate was hauled into court. This week, two more senior military officials were detained. All face charges of corruption, which they have denied. The arrests began...