Blast hits Iraq former paramilitaries depot: officials

TEL AVIV: Israel threatened retaliation on Friday after a drone claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels penetrated its vaunted air defenses and killed a civilian in a Tel Aviv apartment building near a US embassy annex.The attack drew condemnation from UN chief Antonio Guterres and a plea for “maximum restraint” to avoid “further escalation in the … Read more

Algeria places pro-democracy activists in pre-trial detention: lawyer

ALGIERS: Eight Algerian activists from pro-democracy protests that toppled the country's last president have been placed in custody while six others were released under judicial supervision, one of their lawyers said on Friday. The activists were arrested between July 8 and 15 in Bejaia, about 220 kilometers (136 miles) east of the capital, Algiers.