The human rights chief at the United Nations (UN) has urged Venezuela to release prisoners who she says were arrested for peacefully protesting.
Michelle Bachelet said a delegation will stay in the country to monitor the human rights situation.
Bachelet arrived in Caracas on Wednesday to meet with President Nicolas Maduro, opposition leader Juan Guaido.
She also with activists and those who said they were victims of human rights violations.
Sources say Azerbaijan Airlines flight was downed by Russian air defence system
An Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday was downed by a Russian air defence system, four sources in Azerbaijan with knowledge of the investigation told Reuters.
Thousands mark 20 years after deadly Indian Ocean tsunami
Survivors and families of victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years ago visited mass graves, lit candles and comforted one another across Southeast and South Asia in ceremonies on Thursday to mark the disaster that killed some 230,000 people.
Russia says it prevented Ukrainian plots to kill high-ranking officers
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday that it had foiled several plots by Ukrainian intelligence services to kill high-ranking Russian officers and their families in Moscow using bombs disguised as power banks or document folders.
Israeli airstrike kills five journalists in central Gaza
Five Palestinian journalists were killed when their marked media van was struck by an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza's Nuseirat on early Thursday, the enclave's health authorities said.
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