France

• Centrist Emmanuel Macron elected President in landslide
• Police injured in clashes with protesters
• 5 detained, weapons seized in Anti-Terrorism raids
• Radicalized man arrested near military base

Mexico

• Soldiers kill 7 suspected gang members
• Gunmen open fire on Mexican army investigating fuel pipeline thefts, killing 10 including four soldiers

Palestine

• Hamas softens stance on Israel in policy document
• Israeli Police kill Palestinian girl in Jerusalem, claimed she was trying to attack police
• Hamas elects former deputy Haniyeh as new political chief

Syria

• ISIL attack on civilians kills at least 37 people
• Bomb in Northern Syria kills 5 outside opposition headquarters
• Syrian forces used nerve gas in four recent attacks

Mali

• 8 Soldiers killed in ambush by suspected Islamic militants

Egypt

• Militants kill 5, including 3 policemen, in shooting in Cairo
• ISIL leader in Egypt tells Muslims to avoid Christian gatherings calling them “legitimate targets”
• 2 suspected bomb makers killed in shootout

Central African Republic

• 45 civilians killed over the past 3 months by various armed groups

Denmark

• 5 Islamic clerics and 1 American Evangelical banned from entering the country, labeled “hate preachers”

India

• India accuses Pakistani troops of killing two if its soldiers before mutilating their bodies for revenge

Iraq

• ISIL kills 7 Iraqi soldiers in attack near Syrian border
• ISIL kills 2 at Iraqi military base where U.S. advisors stationed

Russia

• 20 Gay rights protesters detained
• Russia proposes safe zones in Syria

Venezuela

• Maduro calls for constitutional changes
• Chavez statue torn down as death toll reaches 37

Iran

• Coal mine explosion kills 35

Kenya

• Kenya charges 62 people after party primaries marred by violence and fraud

Afghanistan

• Suicide bombing of U.S. military convoy kills 8 Afghans
• Head of ISIL in Afghanistan killed

Saudi Arabia

• Deputy Crown Prince refuses dialogue with Iran

United States

• House of Representatives approves additional sanctions on North Korea (419 to 1)
• U.S. test fires Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
• Trump meets with Palestinian Abbas

Hungary

• Hungary charges 11 over deaths of 71 migrants

United Kingdom

• Prince Philip to retire from active public life

Puerto Rico

• Thousands of protesters strike as debt deadline nears
• Puerto Rico to close 179 public schools amid crisis

Pakistan

• Child killed as mob attacks police station
• 15 killed as Pakistani and Afghan troops exchanged fire along their border

Somalia

• Minister killed near Presidential palace
• Somali government says it killed senior Al Shabaab chief
• U.S. Navy Seal killed by Al Shabaab militants

Japan

• Abe announces plan to revise Japan’s pacifist constitution

Turkey

• Government fires 107 more judges, over 145,000 civil servants dismissed in total

North Korea

• North Korea accuses the U.S. and South Korea of assassination attempt on Kim Jong Un
• North Korea detains another U.S. citizen

Indonesia

• About 200 prisoners break out of an overcrowded jail

Tanzania

• 35 killed, including 32 children, in school minibus crash

Chad

• 9 Chadian Soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack on military camp

Nigeria

• 82 kidnapped Chibok girls released in exchange for Boko Haram suspects

Italy

• 3,000 migrants rescued near Italy’s coast

Sudan

• Frenchman kidnapped for 2 months rescued

Germany

• Merkel’s conservative party wins big in local elections

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