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Mexican journalist Santiago Barroso shot dead
BBC News
SONORA, Mexico, Central America - A Mexican journalist who often covered crime and drug gangs in northern Sonora state has died after being shot at point-blank range in his home near the US border, local authorities said.
More than 100 detained in Nicaragua's anti-government protests
Al Jazeera News
Managua, Nicaragua - Police have detained more than 100 people in the Nicaraguan capital as protests erupted on Saturday to demand President Daniel Ortega release political prisoners jailed in last year's violent crackdown.
Flash floods, mudslides kill at least 50 in Indonesia's Papua
Al Jazeera News
PAPUA, Indonesia, South East Asia - Flash floods and mudslides triggered by days of torrential rains tore through mountainside villages in Indonesia's easternmost Papua province, killing at least 50 people and wounding 59 others.
Venezuela's Guaido to 'return home soon', risking arrest
Al Jazeera
CARACAS, Venezuela, SA - Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has said he would return home after a visit to Ecuador and called for new protests next week against President Nicolas Maduro, whose government had banned him from travelling abroad.
‘Empire’ actor staged attack to ‘Promote His Career’, in Police custody
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO, USA - 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett staged a racist and homophobic attack because he was unhappy about his salary and wanted to promote his career, Chicago’s police superintendent said Thursday.
R Kelly faces fresh claims of sexual abuse
NEW YORK, USA -Two more women have come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against the R&B singer R Kelly. Rochelle Washington and Latresa Scaff told a news conference they were given drink and drugs at an after-concert party in Baltimore in the 1990s.
Maduro shuts Venezuela's border with Brazil amid aid standoff
ALJAZEERA
CARACAS, Venezuela - President Nicolas Maduro has ordered the closure of Venezuela's border with Brazil "until further notice" amid a tense standoff with the US-backed opposition leader, Juan Guaido, over allowing in humanitarian aid.
Police use snake to terrorise man
Associated Press
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian police have acknowledged that officers terrorised a Papuan man with a live snake after a video of the incident circulated online showing the man screaming in fear and his interrogator laughing.
Pope Francis, Grand Imam of Egypt kiss for world peace
The Guardian
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - In the first ever papal visit to the Arabian peninsula, the origin of Islam, the pope specifically called for an end to wars in the Middle East, naming Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Libya
Taliban militants kill dozens at Afghan intelligence base
BBC News
KABUL, Afghanistan, - Dozens of Afghan security personnel were killed by Taliban militants who overran a military intelligence base near Kabul, officials have confirmed.
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