France sees security issues ahead of its presidential election
Security alerts in and around Paris have French officials worried as presidential candidates Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron face off this weekend. Video provided by Newsy
USA TODAY asks FBI to probe rise in fake Facebook followers
The extended wave of fake Facebook accounts follows a mid-April purge by the social network.
US military member killed in Somalia for the first time in decades
Officials say the service member was killed during an operation against extremist group al-Shabab. Video provided by Newsy
Volcano has Guatemalan villages on high alert
Guatemala’s Fuego volcano is erupting and nearby villages have been put on high alert.
The shocking gang rape in India will end with a hanging
India’s supreme court has upheld a death sentence by hanging of four men in the infamous gang raping and torture of a young woman. Nathan Rousseau Smith (@fantasticmrnate) reports.
Are asylum seekers being turned away at the border?
An independent nonprofit group claims it has documented border agents illegally turning away asylum applicants at ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border.
U.S. relationship is at risk in South Korea’s presidential election
The front-runner wants to take a less hawkish approach in dealing with North Korea.
North Korea claims CIA plotted to assassinate Kim Jong-un
The ministry of state security claimed that the CIA and South Korea’s Intelligence Service plotted to kill Kim Jong-un with biochemical substances.
Greenpeace activists hang banner from Eiffel Tower
The protesters urged French voters to #resist far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen. The banner was removed less than an hour after it was unfurled at the Paris landmark.
U.S. Special Operations member killed in Somalia terror raid, Pentagon says
2 American advisers were also injured in the attack west of Mogadishu.
