News of the Day From Across the Globe, Sept. 19
Authorities in Saudi Arabia say incoming fire from Yemen hit a residence for construction workers in the kingdom’s southern Jizan province, killing at least three people and wounding 28.
Southern Saudi Arabia has been targeted by Yemen’s Shiite rebels known as Houthis since a kingdom-led coalition started targeting the insurgents with air strikes beginning in March.
Israel made a rare decision on Friday to call up a few hundred border police reservists to beef up security, following Palestinian riots at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site and outbreaks of violence elsewhere in the city.
Most of the unrest has focused on Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site — a hilltop compound sacred to both Jews and Muslims.
The compound is a frequent flash-point and its fate is a core issue at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Burkina Faso’s interim president, Michel Kafando, and prime minister, Isaac Zida, who were ousted in a coup this week, have been released from detention, a military spokesman said Friday.
Finland strike: A strike in Finland halted public transportation and shut down ports nationwide on Friday as workers protested against government cutbacks aimed at trying to drag the Nordic country out of a three-year economic downturn.
Three unions claiming to represent some 2.2 million people — nearly half of Finland’s population of 5.5 million — are protesting government cutbacks, including limits to holiday benefits and overtime pay.