U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib blasted Israel on Friday for imposing "oppressive conditions" on her visit to the occupied West Bank.

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Israel, who was conditionally allowing Tlaib to visit the occupied West Bank, issued a list of demands for the U.S. congresswoman that prohibited her from promoting the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) during her stay.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a second installment of over US$2.5 billion to Ecuador for economic development, Friday, the agency reported.

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With 10.5 years to pay off the debt, Ecuador accepts a second loan from the IMF with its 3.2 percent interest, the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) said.

Some 150 people have been reported missing after a vessel sunk in lake Kivu in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), President Felix Tshisekedi stated Tuesday.

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"I am very sad about the sinking of a canoe on April 15 on Lake Kivu, the provisional missing is 150," Tshisekedi posted on his office's Twitter account, also adding that there will be consequences for those who are responsible for the shipwreck.

Singer Chris Brown claimed on Tuesday that a rape allegation against him was false, a day after the French prosecutor's office said he had been arrested in Paris with two other suspects.

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The arrests were first reported by Closer magazine, which said Brown, his bodyguard and a friend were detained after a 24-year-old woman said she was raped at the singer's suite at the Mandarin Oriental hotel on the night of Jan. 15.