DAMASCUS -- Fourteen officers from Syria's interim Ministry of Interior were killed and ten others injured in a "treacherous ambush" in the northwestern province of Tartus on Wednesday, the interim government's Interior Minister Mohammed Abdul Rahman announced.

Cited by local Al-Watan newspaper, the minister described the attackers as "remnants" of the former government. (Syria-Ambush-Deaths)

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JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Wednesday that Houthi forces in Yemen would face consequences similar to those experienced by other anti-Israel groups.

"The Houthis, too, will learn what Hamas, Hezbollah, the Assad regime, and others have learned, and even if it takes time, this lesson will be understood across the Middle East," Netanyahu said in a video statement. (Israel-Houthis-Attacks)

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NEW DELHI -- At least four persons, including a child, died and 26 were injured when a bus fell into a deep gorge in India's northern hilly state of Uttarakhand on Wednesday, confirmed a cop over the phone.

The mishap occurred in the Bhimtal area of Nainital district of the state, as the bus driver took a sharp turn to avoid a car coming from the opposite direction, added the cop. (India-Bus-Mishap)

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NEW YORK -- U.S. elite universities are facing money problems partly of their own creation, while public and especially smaller private colleges and universities are cutting staff and programs. Many are closing outright, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has reported.

"A school like Harvard, now well into its fourth century, will almost certainly survive for a fifth one. But there are financial problems below the surface that could emerge if the bull market stumbles and especially if some proposed Trump administration policies are enacted," noted the report. (US-Colleges-Money Problems) Enditem

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