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FACTBOX: Security developments in Afghanistan

(Reuters) – Following are security developments in Afghanistan reported until 6:30 a.m. EDT on Monday. HELMAND – U.S.-led coalition forces have killed 20 Taliban insurgents, many of them Pakistanis, in an air strike on Sunday night in Kajaki district of southern Helmand province, a provincial spokesman Dawud Ahmadi said on …

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Arab ministers to hold emergency talks on Sudan

CAIRO (Reuters) – Arab foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting on Saturday to discuss genocide charges against Sudan’s president by the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) prosecutor, a senior Arab League official said on Monday.

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Israel moves Hezbollah prisoners ahead of swap

HADARIM PRISON, Israel (Reuters) – Israel prepared on Monday for a prisoner swap with Hezbollah by moving four Lebanese guerrillas in its custody to a holding facility ahead of Wednesday’s U.N.-mediated exchange.

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