Algeria detains 195 people during protests: state TV
Algerian security forces detained 195 people during mass protests on Friday, state television said, citing offences such such as looting as grounds for the arrests.
Regional lender to vote on Venezuela’s opposition representative
Forty-eight member countries of the Inter-American Development Bank will vote over the next week on accepting a representative from Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido to the board of the regional lender, bank officials said on Friday.
Baby of Islamic State teenager in UK furor dies: group
The baby of Shamima Begum, a teenager who left London to join the Islamic State group in Syria, has died, a spokesman for the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Friday.
North Korea maintains repression, political prison camps: U.N. expert
Despite actively pursuing diplomacy on its nuclear program, North Korea continues to quash basic freedoms, maintaining political prison camps and strict surveillance of its citizens, a United Nations human rights investigator said on Friday.
Hundreds of thousands take to Spanish streets for International Women’s Day
Wearing purple and raising their fists, hundreds of thousands of women took to the streets of Spanish cities on International Women’s Day on Friday calling for greater gender equality.
Turkish police use tear gas to break up Women’s Day march
Turkish police fired tear gas to break up a crowd of several thousand women who gathered in central Istanbul on Friday evening for a march to celebrate International Women’s Day, Reuters witnesses said.
Some 50 migrants wounded by clash inside detention center in Libya: U.N.
At least 50 migrants were reportedly injured after they staged a protest that was suppressed inside a detention center in the capital Tripoli, the United Nations said on Friday.
In unprecedented move, regional lender to vote on Venezuela’s opposition representative
Forty-eight member countries of the Inter-American Development Bank will vote over the next week on accepting a representative from Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido to the board of the regional lender, bank officials said on Friday.
Gunmen kill ranger in Congo’s Virunga park after re-opening
Militiamen have killed a ranger in Congo’s Virunga National Park, the park said on Friday, less than a month since it re-opened after being shut down because of insecurity.
Hezbollah calls on supporters to donate as sanctions pressure bites
Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Friday called on its supporters to donate money as it comes under increasing pressure from Western sanctions intended to isolate it financially.
