Black Friday comes to Venezuela as socialist government loosens controls
Venezuelans flocked to shopping centers in Caracas, the country’s largest city, on Friday to take advantage of the first “Black Friday” discounts in recent memory, as socialist President Nicolas Maduro’s government loosens controls in the face of an ec…
Three wounded in stabbing in The Hague, manhunt under way: police
Dutch police said on Friday three people had been wounded in a stabbing on a shopping street in The Hague, and a manhunt was under way.
Police shoot dead knife man on London Bridge, PM praises bystanders’ bravery
British police on Friday shot dead a man wearing a fake suicide vest who had stabbed several people near London Bridge before being wrestled to the ground by bystanders.
Two families from Uzbekistan killed in Canada plane crash: ambassador
Two families from Uzbekistan died earlier this week when their single-engine aircraft crashed in a wooded area on the outskirts of Kingston, Ontario, killing all seven people aboard, the Uzbekistan ambassador said in a tweet on Friday.
Suriname court convicts President Bouterse of murder for 1982 executions
A court in Suriname on Friday convicted President Desi Bouterse of murder for the execution of 15 opponents in 1982 following a violent coup to seize power.
No invasion in a century: Mexico bristles at cartel terror designation plan by U.S.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday he will not permit an armed foreign intervention a century after Mexico was last invaded, reflecting fears over U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to designate the country’s drug cartels as terrorist…
‘Breath-taking heroism’: praise for Londoners who tackled knife attacker
Ordinary Londoners who showed “breath-taking heroism” in disarming a knife-wielding attacker were praised by politicians and members of the public alike after they intervened to stop an attack which injured several people at London Bridge on Friday.
Police shoot knife man dead on London Bridge, PM hails bystanders’ bravery
British police on Friday shot dead a man wearing a fake suicide vest who stabbed several people near London Bridge in what authorities called a terrorist attack, before bystanders wrestled him to the ground.
Two people killed in London Bridge attack: BBC
Two people were killed on Friday when a knife attacker went on the rampage on London Bridge, the BBC reported, citing unidentified sources.
Threats, arrests, targeted killings silence Iraqi dissidents
After armed men raided the home of Hussein Adel al-Madani and his wife Sara Talib last year, the Iraqi activists spent months of self-imposed exile in Turkey, changed address upon returning home and ceased participating in protests, according to two f…
