Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Jan. 3

Angry Iranian protesters against the execution of a Shiite leader by Saudi Arabia raided and set fire to the Saudi Embassy in Tehran late Saturday.

The move came hours after the Saudi Interior Ministry announced that prominent Shiite leader Nimr al-Nimr and 46 other men were executed on terror charges. (Iran-S.Arabia-Fire)

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TEL AVIV, Israel -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that Israel will increase enforcement against lawlessness in the Arab sector, following a Friday shooting attack by an Arab Israeli which left two people dead.

Netanyahu, who arrived at the scene of Friday's attack on Dizengoff Street in central Tel Aviv, said authorities will "dramatically increase" police enforcement in Arab towns. (Israel-PM-Arab-Attack )

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HELSINKI -- Finland is now demanding that ferry lines operating between Finland and Germany check visas when the passengers embark in northern Germany, Finnish media reported on Saturday.

The service between northern Germany and Finnish southern ports has become a popular route for refugees who are able to pay the ferry tickets. In the port of Helsinki Finnish authorities have charted busses to take new arrivals to a registration centre. (Finland-Border Control)

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ANKARA -- Three people, including two Syrians, were killed when they were under treatment on suspect of swine flu in southern Adana province of Turkey, private Dogan News Agency reported on Saturday.

Samples taken from three people are under examination, but it's still too early to say that they died of swine flu, Governor of Adana province Mustafa Buyuk was quoted as saying. (Turkey-Swine Flu) Endite