LAGOS -- Boko Haram terrorists on Wednesday released a video showing the killing of five humanitarian workers who were recently abducted in Nigeria's restive Borno state.

The workers, who represented the State Emergency Management Agency, Action Against Hunger, Rich International, and International Rescue Committee, were all executed, the video showed. (Nigeria-Boko Haram)

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House of Representatives, led by Democrats, passed legislation on Wednesday aimed at repealing the Trump administration's travel bans.

The National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants (NO BAN) Act was passed with a 233-183 vote, largely along party lines. (US-House-Trump)

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BRUSSELS -- A fire broke out at around 10 p.m. (2000 GMT) on Wednesday near the Liege Airport terminal, Belgian media reported.

According to the newspaper Sudpresse, firefighters have managed to contain the fire at around 11 p.m. (Belgium-Liege-fire)

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LISBON -- The president of the union of Foreign and Border Service inspectors Acacio Pereira said on Wednesday that an illegal immigration route from Africa to the Algarve, in the south of Portugal, has recently been formed.

"The evidence is not denied and there is a reality here: There is a route and we are a destination," he told the Portuguese Lusa News Agency. (Portugal-Society-Immigration)

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government's request to close the Chinese Consulate General in Houston is "a political provocation," and "an outrageous and unjustified move which sabotages China-U.S. relations," said the Chinese embassy in the United States on Wednesday.

"The U.S. abruptly demanded that the Chinese Consulate-General in Houston cease all operations and events within a time limit. It is a political provocation unilaterally launched by the U.S. side, which seriously violates international law, basic norms governing international relations and the bilateral consular agreement between China and the U.S.," said the embassy in a statement. (China-US-Consulate General)

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TRIPOLI -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday that there are more than 400,000 internally displaced Libyans because of armed conflict.

"Over 400,000 Libyans are still internally displaced. More than half of them have been forced to leave their homes over the past year," IOM tweeted. (Libya-Displaced-Conflict)

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MOSCOW -- The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday it had eliminated in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic in North Caucasus four suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group.

It said in a statement that the suspects were found in a mountainous and wooded area of the Chegem region of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic and were killed while resisting the detention. (Russia-FSB-Terrorism) Enditem

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