Scores killed in Venezuela jail blaze

Families of about 68 people, mostly prisoners, who were killed in a devastating prison fire in Venezuela gathered outside the scene at a police station Thursday to demand answers, as opposition lawmakers vowed to investigate the tragedy, witnesses said.

A fire ripped through the detention center of the police headquarters Wednesday morning as families waited outside for visiting hours to begin. As the flames engulfed the jail, frantic families clashed with police and had to be driven back with tear gas.

Gunman shot dead in France after killing 3 in supermarket and car attacks

A gunman killed three people in southwestern France on Friday, in a burst of violence that included hijacking a car, shooting at police officers, and opening fire and taking a hostage in a supermarket. The attack rattled nerves in a country that has been hit hard by terrorism in recent years.

The gunman was later killed by police officers when they stormed the supermarket, according to Gérard Collomb, France interior minister.

Nigerian judge, Chile Eboe-Osuji elected new president of ICC

The judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC), sitting in a plenary session have elected Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji of Nigeria as President of the Court for a three-year term with immediate effect.

Judge Robert Fremr from the Czech Republic was elected First Vice-President with Judge Marc Perrin de Brichambaut of France as Second Vice-President.

Justice Chile Eboe-Osuji was born in Anara in Imo State, Nigeria, West Africa on September 2, 1962. 

Man Sets Ex On Fire, Abandons Her Baby By Road Side

Antwaun Ware, a Phoenix man, has been arrested and charged with murder after setting his ex-girlfriend on fire for asking him to take a paternity test. ⠀

According to reports when police found a baby girl in a car seat on the road. Upon further investigation, officials found an adult shoe, a diaper bag and a wallet with an ID that belonged to 21-year-old Jasmine Dunbar on the scene. Officials contacted Dunbar's family, who had confirmed the baby belonged to Dunbar and that she had organized a meeting with Antwaun Ware to discuss establishing paternity for her 7-month-old daughter. But, she never returned home. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

When officials finally got in contact with Ware, he said “he picked Dunbar and her daughter up and dropped her back off after they got into an argument over the paternity test.” But, he later changed his story, allegedly telling officials that “he physically assaulted the woman and left her in a field.”⠀⠀

He reportedly told officials that he dropped the baby near his girlfriend's house because he thought “someone would retrieve her and take care of her”. However, after leaving the baby on the side of the road, he told officials that he returned to Dunbar's body and set her on fire with gasoline and watched her body burn.⠀⠀⠀

Ware was charged with one count of first-degree murder, one count of kidnapping and one count of abandonment of a body, and child abuse. He is currently being held on a $1 million bond.