GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israel claimed a significant blow against al-Qaida-inspired militants in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing one of the most influential leaders from an extreme branch of Islam that has targeted Egypt and Gaza's Hamas rulers as well as Israel.
Hisham Saidani was killed alongside another top militant in the northern Gaza Strip in an airstrike late Saturday, Israel's military said. He was one of the main ideological guides for the violent, ultra-conservative Islamic movements in Gaza known as Salafi jihadis.
Militants on jihadi websites identified the other dead man as Ashraf Sabah, 37. They said he was the leader of another al-Qaida inspired group, Ansar al-Sunnah.
ABUJA, Nigeria -- Gunmen in Nigeria killed 20 Muslim worshipers in an early morning attack Sunday at a mosque at Dogo Dawa village in the northern Kaduna state, a military spokesman said.
"Investigation revealed that the killing was a reprisal attack by a gang of armed robbers who lost some of their members after a recent raid of their hideout through the combined effort of the villagers and the vigilante group in that community," the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Libya's National Congress elected former congressman Ali Zaidan as the country's new prime minister, and gave him two weeks to form a government.
The election comes a week after lawmakers in the 200-member legislature withdrew confidence from his predecessor, Mustafa Abushagur, after he twice failed to name a cabinet they found acceptable. Mr. Abushagur had held the job for less than a month.
BRUSSELS -- The leader of a separatist party won the race to become mayor of Antwerp, Europe's second-biggest port city, and vowed Sunday to use the power base to seek wider autonomy for Belgium's wealthy Dutch-speaking region of Flanders.
Bart De Wever's NV-A party made sweeping gains throughout northern Flanders and immediately called on French-speaking Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo to give more rights of self-rule to Flanders.
VILNIUS, Lithuania -- Opposition populists and leftists in crisis-worn Lithuania hinted they were prepared to form a government coalition after an exit poll late Sunday indicated their parties would take first and second place in the country's parliamentary elections.
Many put the blame for the country's economic woes squarely on the current government, which took over in late 2008 and immediately implemented tax hikes and spending cuts to stave off bankruptcy.
Also, Lithuania's election authority said nearly two-thirds of voters have rejected the idea of building a new nuclear power plant.
As pressure mounted on Pakistani police to track down militants behind last week's assassination attempt of Malala Yousafzai, authorities confirmed Sunday the arrests of three brothers suspected of involvement in the attack on the 14-year-old Swat Valley girl. ... Mauritania's Minister of Communication says President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has been lightly wounded by friendly fire Saturday after his vehicle was fired upon by the military on the outskirts of the capital, Nouakchott.
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