SYRIA

13 Iranian guards killed in attack

DAMASCUS — Iranian news reports said 13 members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards were killed last week during an attack by militants in northern Syria. A semiofficial news agency, Tasnim, quoted a Revolutionary Guard spokesman as saying they were killed when a coalition of insurgents seized the village of Khan Touman from progovernment forces. Also Saturday, Russia, at its own initiative, said it would extend a shaky cease-fire in Aleppo, Syria, for 72 hours.

MEXICO

Drug lord moved to another prison

MEXICO CITY — Convicted drug lord Joaquin ‘‘El Chapo’’ Guzman, who twice pulled off brazen jailbreaks, was abruptly transferred to a prison in northern Mexico on Saturday. Lawyers for Guzman, who was recaptured in January, have appealed his extradition to the United States. The Sinaloa cartel boss was moved from Mexico City to a prison in Ciudad Juarez, which is across from El Paso, Texas. (AP)

MALAYSIA

Ruling coalition wins amid scandal

KUALA LUMPUR — Scandal-ridden Prime Minister Najib Razak secured a major victory for his ruling coalition in elections Saturday in the country’s biggest state, despite corruption allegations. Najib’s National Front coalition won 72 out of 82 assembly seats in Sarawak state. Najib is facing allegations that hundreds of millions in national funds have been channeled into his accounts. (AP)