The U.S. military in Africa has confirmed that it killed one of Somalia’s top jihadis in a July strike, a setback for Al-Shabab, an Al-Qaeda affiliate based in East Africa. Ali Muhammad Hussein, known as Ali Jabal, was killed in a “successful kinetic strike” conducted in southern Somalia on July 30, according to a statement from the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM).
Fourteen Saudi men are facing execution any day now for allegedly staging protests in the kingdom. The men from the country’s Shiite minority, include a teenager who was arrested just before he was to board a flight to visit a U.S. college where he planned to study English and finance.
Venezuelan security officials seized opposition leaders Leopoldo Lopez and Antonio Ledezma from their homes during nighttime raids on Tuesday, in what critics of President Nicolas Maduro said were a growing crackdown by his dictatorial regime.
