Cuba, with one of highest inmate populations, pardons 2,604
Communist-run Cuba, which has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world, has pardoned 2,604 convicts, state-run media reported on Friday, without releasing a list of those pardoned.
Croatian parliament approves ministers appointed in cabinet reshuffle
Croatia’s parliament on Friday approved the new ministers that conservative Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic named in a cabinet reshuffle two days earlier.
Six missing after suspected Islamists attack aid convoy in northeast Nigeria
Six people are missing following an attack on an aid convoy in northeast Nigeria, an international aid organization said on Friday with sources stating that it was carried out by Islamist insurgents who abducted survivors.
Iran TV says footage disproves U.S. report of downed drone
Iran’s state television on Friday aired footage it said disproved U.S. President Donald Trump’s assertion that the U.S. Navy has destroyed an Iranian drone in the Gulf.
Blast at Kabul University kills eight, injures 33
A powerful bomb blast outside the gates of Kabul University in the Afghan capital on Friday killed at least eight people and wounded 33, as students and lawyers waited to take an examination, officials said.
Kosovo’s PM says quits after being called to Hague war crimes court
Kosovo’s Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said on Friday he was resigning after being called to The Hague war crimes court linked to Kosovo’s violent independence struggle.
U.S. will shoot down any Iranian drones that fly ‘too close’ to its ships, official says
The United States will destroy any Iranian drones that fly “too close” to its ships in the Strait of Hormuz and has evidence that it shot down a drone on Thursday, a senior Trump administration official said on Friday.
Vietnam says Chinese vessel violated its sovereignty in South China Sea
Vietnam on Friday accused a Chinese oil survey vessel and its escorts of violating its sovereignty and demanded that China remove all of its ships from Vietnamese waters.
Islamist militants kidnap at least one NGO worker in Nigeria, sources say
Islamist insurgents have kidnapped at least one person working for an international aid organization, Action Against Hunger, in northeastern Nigeria, sources said on Friday.
NGO says staff member, five others, missing after deadly Nigeria convoy attack
One Action Against Hunger staff member, two drivers and three other health workers are missing after an attack on a convoy in northeast Nigeria in which one driver was killed, the aid organization said in a statement on Friday.
