BEIRUT (AP) — Police on Thursday arrested four people and seized large quantities of weapons, explosives and fuses in raids on members of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party. The party leader, Ali Kanso, condemned the police action, telling a press conference hours afterward that it was unjustified and that the …

MOGADISHU (AFP) — Somalia’s Ethiopia-backed forces and Islamic fighters clashed Thursday near the seat of government in Baidoa for a second day with both sides claiming inflicting massive casualties, officials and witnesses said. A day after European Commission humanitarian chief Louis Michel said he had secured both sides’ commitment to …

TEHRAN (Reuters) — A planned UN sanctions resolution will force Iran to review cooperation with the United Nations nuclear watchdog but will not make Tehran abandon its atomic programme, a senior Iranian official said on Thursday. After weeks of haggling between major world powers, diplomats expect a resolution imposing limited …