• France

  • Macron and Le Pen advance to run-off in Presidential Election
  • Gunmen kills police officer on the Champs-Elysees in Paris

• Venezuela

  • Government seizes General Motors factory
  • At least 22 killed in anti-government protests

• Indonesia

  • Muslim defeats Christian in Jakarta election

• Turkey

  • Dozens of opposition members arrested by Turkish government

• Great Britain

  • Parliament approves Prime Minister’s call for early election
  • Latest poll shows Conservative Theresa May with 22 point lead over Labour party

• Yemen

  • 12 Saudi soldiers killed in helicopter crash in Yemen

• Uganda

  • Military says it is ending hunt for warlord Joseph Kony

• Iran

  • Former President Ahmadinejad barred from running for President

• United States

  • President Trump says no U.S. role in Libya
  • Charity worker freed from Egypt after Trump administration intervenes 

• Niger

  • Niger declares Hepatitis E epidemic after 25 people died

• Russia

  • Gunmen attacks regional security service, kills 2

• Afghanistan

  • More than 140 Afghan soldiers killed by Taliban suicide attack at army base

• Vietnam

  • 19 Vietnamese officials held hostage by villagers in land dispute freed after a week

• Philippines

  • Philippines forces kill 4 suspected Muslim militants including ringleader

• Mexico

  • 2 top drug traffickers killed by federal forces in Northern Mexico

• North Korea

  • North Korea detains U.S. citizen

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