U.S. special forces, landing in two helicopters, stage an overnight raid on the
al-Shabaab-controlled town of
Awdhegele in
Somalia's
Lower Shebelle region. Al-Shabaab spokesman, Sheik Abduasiz Abu Musab, confirmed the raid saying "The helicopters landed outside town and the ground forces entered, there was heavy fighting and they were forced to flee"."They were masked and spoke foreign languages which our fighters could not understand," Abu Musab told Reuters. "We do not know who they were but we foiled them."
(AFP via Yahoo! News)(Reuters)
Macedonia says it will no longer let any migrants through its southern border with
Greece, effectively blocking the
Balkan route for migrants. The decision came after
Slovenia barred access to migrants transiting the country. There are around 13,000 migrants now stranded at the Macedonia-Greece border.
(BBC)
The
Parliament of Egypt drafts a law which will ban women from wearing full-face veils such as the
niqāb and
burqa in public places and government institutions. The move comes after
Cairo University recently banned nurses and doctors from wearing veils in medical schools and in teaching hospitals, arguing the ban would "protect patients' rights and interests".
(The Independent)
Peru's electoral court bans two leading candidates –
Julio Guzman and
César Acuña Peralta – from participating in next month's election due to breaches of electoral law.
(BBC)