Kuwait arrests suspected Islamist after truck attack on Americans

Syrian government, allies advance before U.N. council votes


BEIRUT Syrian government forces recaptured territory from insurgents in several western areas on Saturday as the U.N. Security Council prepares to vote on rival French and Russian draft resolutions urging an immediate ceasefire.




German police hunt Syrian-born man feared to be planning bomb attack


BERLIN German police hunting for a Syrian-born man suspected of planning a bomb attack found explosives in an apartment they raided while looking for him on Saturday, officials said.




Russia moves nuclear-capable missiles into Kaliningrad


MOSCOW Russia has moved nuclear-capable Iskander-M missiles into the Kaliningrad enclave bordering Poland and Lithuania, the Defence Ministry said on Saturday, adding it was part of routine drills.