Police detain men in terror alert

Malaysian police said Friday they detained three men, including two foreigners, for questioning over their possible involvement in terrorism after the U.S. and Australian embassies warned of a potential attack at a popular hawker street in Kuala Lumpur. A Malaysian, an Indonesian and a Syrian, aged from 30 to 51 years, were picked up Thursday as part of an ongoing counterterrorism operation, said national deputy police chief Noor Rashid Ibrahim. He said one of them often visited Yemen and entered Malaysia a few days ago. No details were given about the others.