Israeli troops kill boy, two men in Gaza protests: medics
Israeli soldiers killed three Palestinians, one of them an 11-year-old boy, and wounded at least 248 others taking part on Friday in weekly protests at the fortified Gaza Strip border, Palestinian medical officials said.
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Israeli soldiers killed three Palestinians, one of them an 11-year-old boy, and wounded at least 248 others taking part on Friday in weekly protests at the fortified Gaza Strip border, Palestinian medical officials said.
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Kosovo indicts 12 people including government minister over war pensions fraud
Kosovo's state prosecutor indicted 12 people including senior government officials on charges of pensions fraud on Friday, accusing them of falsely registering thousands of people as war veterans who claimed millions of euros in state benefits.
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Kosovo's state prosecutor indicted 12 people including senior government officials on charges of pensions fraud on Friday, accusing them of falsely registering thousands of people as war veterans who claimed millions of euros in state benefits.
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Russia's Orthodox Church freezes ties with Constantinople over Ukraine spat
Russia's Orthodox Church said on Friday it would no longer participate in structures chaired by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, deepening a row in Orthodox Christianity over the Ukrainian Church's bid to break away from Moscow's orbit.
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Russia's Orthodox Church said on Friday it would no longer participate in structures chaired by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, deepening a row in Orthodox Christianity over the Ukrainian Church's bid to break away from Moscow's orbit.
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Saudi says it destroyed missile fired at Aramco facility by Houthis
Yemen's armed Houthi movement said it had launched a ballistic missile toward a Saudi Aramco oil refinery on Friday, but Saudi air defense forces said they had intercepted and destroyed the projectile.
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Yemen's armed Houthi movement said it had launched a ballistic missile toward a Saudi Aramco oil refinery on Friday, but Saudi air defense forces said they had intercepted and destroyed the projectile.
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France charges two men over suspected plot to kill Congo Republic opposition figure
French prosecutors have charged two French men over a suspected plot to assassinate an opposition politician from Congo Republic living in the Paris region, an official from the prosecutor's office said on Friday.
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French prosecutors have charged two French men over a suspected plot to assassinate an opposition politician from Congo Republic living in the Paris region, an official from the prosecutor's office said on Friday.
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Mexico president-elect hails passage of public sector pay cuts
Mexico's President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday hailed steps by the new Congress to cut the salaries of government officials, part of a raft of measures he promised to battle corruption and inequality.
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Mexico's President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday hailed steps by the new Congress to cut the salaries of government officials, part of a raft of measures he promised to battle corruption and inequality.
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Venezuelan firemen jailed after donkey video mocking Maduro: rights groups
Two Venezuelan firefighters were detained by military officers this week as suspects behind the making of a viral video that mocked unpopular President Nicolas Maduro by likening him to a donkey touring a fire station, two rights groups said on Friday.
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Two Venezuelan firefighters were detained by military officers this week as suspects behind the making of a viral video that mocked unpopular President Nicolas Maduro by likening him to a donkey touring a fire station, two rights groups said on Friday.
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Pompeo accuses Russia of actively working to undermine North Korea sanctions
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Russia on Friday of actively working to undermine international sanctions on North Korea.
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Russia on Friday of actively working to undermine international sanctions on North Korea.
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U.S.' Pompeo slams John Kerry for meeting with Iranian officials
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday lambasted his predecessor, John Kerry, for meeting Iranian officials in back-channel talks and accused him of trying to undermine the Trump administration's policy toward Tehran.
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday lambasted his predecessor, John Kerry, for meeting Iranian officials in back-channel talks and accused him of trying to undermine the Trump administration's policy toward Tehran.
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U.S.' Pompeo slams John Kerry for 'inappropriate' meetings with Iran officials
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday lambasted his predecessor, John Kerry, for meeting Iranian officials in back-channel talks and accused him of trying to undermine the Trump administration's policy toward Tehran.
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday lambasted his predecessor, John Kerry, for meeting Iranian officials in back-channel talks and accused him of trying to undermine the Trump administration's policy toward Tehran.
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Nigeria's Buhari accepts resignation of finance minister: presidency
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday accepted the resignation of finance minister Kemi Adeosun, the presidency said.
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Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday accepted the resignation of finance minister Kemi Adeosun, the presidency said.
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Nigerian Finance Minister Adeosun resigns
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday accepted the resignation of Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun, a top cabinet member who promoted the government's policy to boost growth following a recent recession.
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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday accepted the resignation of Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun, a top cabinet member who promoted the government's policy to boost growth following a recent recession.
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Pompeo slams Kerry for 'inappropriate' meetings with Iran officials
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday lambasted his predecessor, John Kerry, for meetings with Iranian officials in back-channel talks and accused him of "actively undermining" the Trump administration's policy toward Tehran.
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday lambasted his predecessor, John Kerry, for meetings with Iranian officials in back-channel talks and accused him of "actively undermining" the Trump administration's policy toward Tehran.
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Nigerian Finance Minister Adeosun resigns over forgery claims
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday accepted the resignation of Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun, who said she stepped down over allegations of using a forged certificate to avoid participation in the country's mandatory one-year national youth service scheme.
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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday accepted the resignation of Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun, who said she stepped down over allegations of using a forged certificate to avoid participation in the country's mandatory one-year national youth service scheme.
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Brazil presidential candidate Bolsonaro leads with 26 percent: poll
Brazil's far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, who remains in intensive care after being stabbed at a campaign rally, maintained his lead in a Datafolha election poll on Friday.
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Brazil's far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, who remains in intensive care after being stabbed at a campaign rally, maintained his lead in a Datafolha election poll on Friday.
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Peru says repatriated Venezuelans a tiny fraction of daily influx
Venezuela would have to dramatically step up efforts to fly its citizens home under its new "repatriation plan" in order to come anywhere close to offsetting the 1,300 Venezuelans who enter Peru every day, Peru's top immigration official said on Friday.
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Venezuela would have to dramatically step up efforts to fly its citizens home under its new "repatriation plan" in order to come anywhere close to offsetting the 1,300 Venezuelans who enter Peru every day, Peru's top immigration official said on Friday.
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Tunisia ruling party suspends PM's membership after row with president's son
Tunisia's ruling Nidaa Tounes party said on Friday it had frozen the prime minister's membership in the latest escalation in a row between the prime minister and the president's son.
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Tunisia's ruling Nidaa Tounes party said on Friday it had frozen the prime minister's membership in the latest escalation in a row between the prime minister and the president's son.
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UK Labour warns big banks must never again be masters of the economy
London's vast financial services industry must never again be the "master of the economy", the opposition Labour finance spokesman will say on Saturday in a speech accusing bankers of profiting from speculation at the expense of ordinary people.
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London's vast financial services industry must never again be the "master of the economy", the opposition Labour finance spokesman will say on Saturday in a speech accusing bankers of profiting from speculation at the expense of ordinary people.
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Brazil presidential candidate Bolsonaro keeps lead, leftist gains: poll
Brazil's far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, in intensive care after being stabbed at a campaign rally, kept his first-round lead in an election opinion poll on Friday, but a leftist rival from the Workers Party (PT) made solid gains.
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Brazil's far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, in intensive care after being stabbed at a campaign rally, kept his first-round lead in an election opinion poll on Friday, but a leftist rival from the Workers Party (PT) made solid gains.
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El Salvador prosecutors request extradition of former president Funes
El Salvador's attorney general has asked a judge to approve a request for former President Mauricio Funes to be extradited home to face corruption charges, prosecutors said on Friday, days after his immediate predecessor was jailed for ten years.
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El Salvador's attorney general has asked a judge to approve a request for former President Mauricio Funes to be extradited home to face corruption charges, prosecutors said on Friday, days after his immediate predecessor was jailed for ten years.
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Three killed in Mexico City tourist square, police chase 'mariachi' gunmen
Gunmen with rifles and pistols killed three people and injured seven more on Friday in a tourist plaza in downtown Mexico City, the city police said, adding they were chasing three men dressed as mariachis that fled on motorbikes.
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Gunmen with rifles and pistols killed three people and injured seven more on Friday in a tourist plaza in downtown Mexico City, the city police said, adding they were chasing three men dressed as mariachis that fled on motorbikes.
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