Alizah Simon

Venezuela’s National Electoral Council, CNE, will oversee on Sunday preparations for the election of representatives to the National Constituent Assembly, an initiative from President Nicolas Maduro intended to further develop the country's democracy and help ease ongoing tensions with the opposition.

The newly introduced app, “I Am Not Alone,” offers women in Juarez, Mexico a way to contact loved ones and friends in cases of emergencies by shaking their cell phone to initiate contact. RELATED: Protest in State of Mexico Demand Justice for Femicide Victims "Wherever you have cell phone coverage, you can use the app," said Miguel David Diaz de Leon, technology and communications director for Juarez City Hall.

The leader of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, late Tuesday night, blasted the United States for creating the Islamic State group, while praising the liberation of the Iraqi city of Mosul.