AP – Thousands of Somalis are preparing to cross the Gulf of Aden to Yemen after fleeing fighting around the capital of Mogadishu, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday. Read more

AP – Iran’s supreme leader ordered the closure of a prison where rights workers say protesters detained in the country’s election turmoil have died, officials said Tuesday, as the head of the opposition sharply condemned the wave of arrests. Read more

AP – The top U.N. official in Afghanistan warned Tuesday that next month’s presidential elections will be the most complicated he has ever seen, while a gunman opened fire on a campaign team for the top challenger to President Hamid Karzai, killing one campaign worker. Read more

AP – Israel’s prime minister and the top U.S. Mideast envoy said they made progress Tuesday on their dispute over West Bank settlements, but offered no sign of a breakthrough at a meeting in Jerusalem. Read more

AP – A boat carrying Haitian migrants capsized and sank off the Turks and Caicos Islands and up to 85 people are missing, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday. One survivor said the boat struck a reef as it tried to elude police. Read more