Venezuelan authorities said on Sunday they have detained six people over drone explosions the day before at a rally led by President Nicolas Maduro, as his critics warned the socialist leader would use the incident to crack down on adversaries. Source: Reuters
Nearly 13,000 violent rightwing extremists are living in Germany, the chief of the country’s domestic intelligence service, which is investigating the murder of a pro-refugee politician, has revealed. Source: The Guardian
The Kremlin warned on Monday that reported American hacking into Russia’s electric power grid could escalate into a cyberwar with the United States, but insisted that it was confident in the system’s ability to repel electronic attacks. Source: The New York Times
French President Emmanuel Macron’s government on Tuesday unveiled plans to make it more difficult for the unemployed to claim benefits, part of an overhaul of France’s labour market that aims to boost the nation’s economy. Source France24
