In brief: EU unable to find home for thousands of refugees

BRUSSELS – European Union interior ministers fell well short Monday of finding takers for the relocation of 40,000 refugees who have made perilous boat trips across the Mediterranean into Italy and Greece.

At a meeting, the EU nations committed to relocating a total of 32,256 refugees from the two southern European nations, with Germany taking the biggest share at 10,500. Some nations, like Britain and Denmark, were legally not bound to cooperate while Austria and Hungary said they would not take any.

The special meeting was called to break a stalemate within the 28-nation EU over how to divide up the refugees in an equitable way over the next two years.

The ministers did meet a separate target for the resettlement of 20,000 refugees who are now in third countries, promising to take a total of 22,504 people.

Hackers threaten to expose users of cheater dating site

Hackers are threatening to expose information on over 30 million users of AshleyMadison.com, a website for cheating spouses famous for its tagline “Life is short. Have an Affair.”

A group of hackers called The Impact Team reportedly has posted some data already and is demanding that parent company Avid Life Media shut down AshleyMadison and a sister site, EstablishedMen.com, according to a blog run by former Washington Post reporter Brian Krebs.

The Toronto-based Avid Life Media said Monday it closed the breach in its computer system and was working with law enforcement.

The hackers targeted the sites in response to a feature called “full delete” in which users can erase all personal information for a $19 fee. The Impact Team said the sites still kept purchase details with names.

Toll from rebel shelling in Yemen approaches 100

SANAA, Yemen – The death toll in Yemen from the Shiite rebel shelling of a town near the southern port city of Aden rose Monday to nearly 100, the head of an international aid group said, describing it as “the worst day” for the city and its surroundings in over three months of fighting.

The rebels, known as Houthis, and their allies shelled the town of Dar Saad on Sunday after earlier losing control of some of Aden’s neighborhoods.

Hassan Boucenine of the Geneva-based Doctors Without Borders said his organization reported nearly 100 people dead.

The shelling also wounded about 200 people, said Boucenine, head of the organization in Yemen. Of the victims, 80 percent are civilians, including pregnant women, elderly and children, he added.

New UAE law targets religious, ethnic hatred

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The United Arab Emirates issued new legislation aimed at combating intolerance on Monday, outlawing actions that stoke religious hatred and discriminate based on religious or ethnic background.

The legislation bars discrimination based on “religion, caste, creed, doctrine, race, color or ethnic origin,” according to official state news agency WAM. It also criminalizes any action that encourages religious hatred or insults religion, and calls for punishing those who label other religious groups as infidels or unbelievers.