Aid organization had said three of its employees were kidnapped from Idlib in mid-May

Russia shoots down proposal by Security Council as pro-Assad troops launch major offensive to oust rebel fighters in the city

B’nai B’rith International calls on Central American country’s leaders to publicly condemn hateful statements made by governor, newspaper

Muslim Brotherhood deputy head arrested by military; UN chief calls on security forces to protect demonstrators

Latin American presidents grant NSA whistle-blower protection from ‘the empire’; Snowden sought refuge in more than 20 countries

Extremists: Egypt events prove Islam, democracy irreconcilable, Islamic state only achieved through jihad, the Wall Street Journal reports

Lone statement by Ismail Haniyeh says group is ‘monitoring developments’; meanwhile Fatah rivals rejoice in Muslim Brotherhood’s fall

Britain-based rights group reports that several regime troops killed and injured in explosions in Latakia province