LAGOS -- Authorities said Friday 20 people have been confirmed killed in the collapse Wednesday of a three-story building housing a primary school in Lagos, Nigeria's economic center,

State Commissioner for Health Jide Idris told reporters during a visit to the Lagos Island General Hospital in Lagos that 45 others survived. (Nigeria-Collapse-Toll)

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UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is shocked and appalled at the "terrorist attack" at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, his spokesperson said Friday.

Guterres "recalls the sanctity of mosques and all places of worship" and "calls upon all people on this holy day for Muslims to show signs of solidarity with the bereaved Islamic community," Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson, said at a press briefing. (UN-New Zealand-Attack)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump Friday vetoed a bill blocking his declaration of a national emergency at the southern border, the first such move in his presidency.

Trump signed the veto of the congressional measure to end his emergency declaration to get funds to build a border wall a day after the U.S. Senate passed the resolution. Trump vowed to veto the bill immediately after the Senate vote. (US-National Emergency Declaration-Veto)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that Washington is still hopeful for continued talks with Pyongyang.

"We are hopeful that we can continue to have conversation, negotiations," Pompeo told reporters at a press conference held at the State Department. (US-DPRK-Talks) Enditem

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