Twitter Employee Deactivated Trump’s Account on Last Day at Work
U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal Twitter account went down abruptly for about 11 minutes Thursday evening, a brief deactivation the social media company blamed on an employee who was heading out the door.
bloomberg.com
Red Cross apologise for losing $5m of Ebola funds to fraud
The Red Cross has confirmed that more than $5m (£3.8m) of aid money was lost to fraud and corruption during the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.
bbc.com
AG Sessions calls for permanent renewal of ‘domestic spying program’
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions is pushing to permanently renew the controversial section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) following Tuesday’s terrorist attack that killed eight people in Manhattan.
rt.com
Ex-Argentina Vice President Boudou arrested in corruption case
Amado Boudou, who had been former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez’s economy minister and vice president, was arrested on corruption charges on Friday, becoming the second major official in her government to face detention.
reuters.com
Major terrorist stronghold Deir ez-Zor liberated from ISIS – Syrian state media
The Syrian army says it has liberated the eastern city of Deir ez-Zor, the terrorists’ last stronghold on the west bank of the Euphrates River, from the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), SANA news agency reported.
rt.com
Prince William warns there are too many humans
Prince William, whose wife is expecting their third child, has sent out a bleak warning that an overpopulated planet threatens animal species. His comments come as experts predict Britain’s population will swell to 70 million by 2029.
rt.com
Rick Perry: Fossil fuels will help… prevent sex crimes in Africa
Energy Secretary Rick Perry was touting the Trump administration’s energy policy when he shone a light in an unusual direction, implying that expanding exports of fossil fuels is “going to play a positive role” in preventing sexual assault in Africa.
rt.com
Zimbabwe police arrest U.S. citizen over Mugabe 'Goblin' Tweet
Zimbabwe police detained a U.S. citizen and seized her laptop on Friday on suspicion of calling President Robert Mugabe a “Goblin” on Twitter, the first arrest since the creation of a Ministry of Cyber Security last month, her lawyers said.
reuters.com
'National Action neo-Nazis' charged with plotting to murder MP with a Roman sword
Two alleged members of the banned neo-Nazi group National Action have appeared in court in connection with a plot to murder a Labour MP with a Roman sword.
ibtimes.co.uk
Daphne Caruana Galizia: Crowds gather for funeral of Malta blogger
Hundreds of people have gathered in Malta for the funeral of a journalist killed by a car bomb attack that shocked the country last month.
bbc.com
