Mexico president orders probe into shooting of Honduran migrant
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday instructed officials to investigate the killing of a Honduran migrant in the northern city of Saltillo to determine the role of officials in his death.
Russian police accuse 10 of mass unrest in crackdown on eve of rally
Russian authorities on Friday moved to press criminal charges against 10 people for their involvement in what they called mass unrest at an opposition protest last weekend, as defiant Kremlin critics vowed to hold another rally on Saturday.
Trump: North Korean missile tests may defy U.N., but not his agreement with Kim
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said North Korea’s recent missile tests may have violated United Nations resolutions but did not break his agreement North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
No air strikes in northwest Syria after ceasefire: monitor, rebel
A ceasefire in northwest Syria reduced violence in the rebel bastion, a monitor said, with no air strikes on Friday after a three-month-long army offensive killed hundreds while yielding no big territorial gains.
Thousands of Hong Kong civil servants defy government to join protests
Thousands of civil servants joined in the anti-government protests in Hong Kong on Friday for the first time since they started two months ago, defying a warning from the authorities to remain politically neutral.
U.S. bars two Venezuelan officials from traveling to U.S
The United States said on Friday it would bar two Venezuelan officials accused of human rights violations from traveling to the United States in its latest action to pressure Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro into stepping down.
Bus fire in northwestern Turkey kills 5, injures 15 – governor
Five people, including one child, were killed and 15 others were wounded when a bus in northwestern Turkey caught fire on Friday, the province’s governor was quoted as saying, adding that the cause of the fire was not immediately clear.
Quake hits sea off Indonesia, but tsunami warning lifted
A powerful earthquake struck off the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java on Friday, triggering a two-hour tsunami warning that sent coastal-dwellers fleeing to higher ground and panicking people in the capital Jakarta.
Mexico keeps budget target despite weak economy
Mexico’s finance ministry is holding onto an ambitious primary budget surplus target despite mounting evidence that the performance of Latin America’s second-largest economy is falling short of government expectations.
Indonesia lifts tsunami warning after strong quake
Indonesia’s geophysics agency lifted a tsunami warning on Friday after a strong quake off the islands of Sumatra and Java.
