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Bolivian security forces clashed with supporters of former President Evo Morales, leaving at least five people dead and dozens more injured.

The 16-year-old gunman who shot himself after killing two classmates and wounding three others has died at a hospital.

Four mayors in Turkey have been removed from their posts following a government crackdown against pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party.

Sri Lankans are headed to the polls to choose a new president, seven months after the devastating Easter Sunday terror attacks.

More than a hundred Rohingya Muslim refugees have been rescued by the Bangladesh coast guard.

Workers at South African Airways (SAA) are not happy. 

Deval Patrick is the latest US Democrat to join the race for the 2020 presidential election.

More bushfires are expected to be ravage eastern Australia as temperatures in the region continue to rise.

An elderly man has died in Hong Kong after getting caught up in protests.

Two students have been killed after a gunman opened fire at a secondary school in California. 

Anti-government protesters paralysed parts of Hong Kong for a fourth day on Thursday, forcing Chinese students from the mainland to flee their campuses.

Two people have been killed as security forces in Baghdad used live rounds and shot tear gas canisters at crowds of protesters.

A top US diplomat in Ukraine and a senior State Department official have testified in the impeachment inquiry into US President Donald Trump.

Two students have been killed and three more injured after their 19-year-old classmate opened fire at a Russian college on Thursday.

More than 70 political prisoners will be released on bail in Cambodia as Prime Minister Hua Sen faces global pressure to improve his human rights record.

The mayor of Venice has declared a state of emergency after the second-highest tide recorded on Tuesday left much of the city underwater.

Fiery clashes erupted across the city, with security chief John Lee cautioning "unthinkable" consequences if the violence continued.

Evacuation orders are in place for several communities in Australia as firefighters struggle to contain more than 150 bushfires raging across the east coast.

At least six people have been injured after the attacker blew himself up outside the police headquarters in Indonesia's Medan city on Wednesday.

Bolivian senator Jeanine Áñez has seized office as the South American country’s interim president after Evo Morales fled to Mexico.

An explosion near the Afghan interior ministry in Kabul on Wednesday has left seven people dead and seven more injured.

Schools and universities remained shut in Hong Kong on Tuesday as anti-government protesters rallied in the Central business district for a second day.

Banks and schools in Lebanon remained shut on Tuesday as a new wave of anti-government protests kicked off in the country.

The Dutch state will appeal against a court ruling ordering it to take back dozens of IS children.

An attack in the Syrian capital of Damascus early Tuesday has left two people dead and six more wounded. 

Bolivia's ousted president Evo Morales has accepted political asylum in Mexico a day after announcing his decision to step down.

At least 15 people have been killed and more than 40 others injured when two trains collided in eastern Bangladesh early Tuesday.

A 21-year-old protester is in a critical condition after he was shot with a live round by a police officer in Hong Kong early Monday.

Air quality in India's capital city dipped to "'very poor'' category again on Monday, after a weekend of clearer air and better weather.

A state of emergency has been declared across Australia's east coast, with authorities urging residents in highrisk areas to evacuate immediately.

The death toll from Cyclone Bulbul rose to 12 in Bangladesh, with officials adding that five fishermen are still unaccounted for.

At least three anti-government protesters have been shot dead in the southern city of Nassiriya after Iraqi forces opened fire to disperse a crowd.

At least six people have been killed and 36 fishermen reported missing as Cyclone Bulbul lashed Bangladesh overnight.

A court in Cambodia has lifted the house arrest of opposition leader Kem Sokha, more than two years after he was charged with treason.

In a dramatic turn of events, Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's plans to fly to London for medical treatment has hit a roadblock.

Australian firefighters are racing towards containing widespread bushfires that have left three people dead.

Hong Kong protesters are planning to hold rallies across major shopping malls on Sunday as the pro-democracy movement refuses to die down.

Security across the Indian state of Utter Pradesh has been tightened to ensure no violence breaks out following the ruling on the disputed holy site in Ayodhya.

Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been freed after more than 18 months in prison over corruption charges.

At least two people have been killed and over 150 homes destroyed as bushfires raged across eastern Australia.

Pakistan will allow former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to leave the country for medical treatment.

Hong Kong protesters are planning a 24th straight weekend of pro-democracy rallies as anger deepens against the police over the death of a student.

Dozens of people are feared to be missing in Burkina Faso a day after 37 people were ambushed and killed near a Canadian-run mine. 

Jeff Sessions wants his Senate seat in Alabama back. 

The death of a student has sparked more protests in Hong Kong.

Brazil's ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva could soon be freed from custody.

Cambodia's self-exiled opposition leader has been prevented from checking-in for a flight from Paris.

A women has been denied immigrant status in the Canadian province of Quebec after failing to prove that she was adequate in French.

Michael Bloomberg is thinking about running for president of the USA.

France's President has hit out at Nato.

The first victims of a Mormon community who were ambushed by a gunman earlier this week have been laid to rest in Mexico.

Former Congolese military leader Bosco Ntaganda has been handed a 30-year jail sentence for a series of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

French police have started to clear two huge migrant tent camps in Paris, a day after the government announced tighter immigration policies.

About 1,000 students in Hong Kong staged a protest at their graduation ceremony, ultimately forcing the educators to cut it short.

Two Australians have died in a climbing accident on a mountain range near the city of Queenstown in New Zealand's South Island.

Gunmen attacked a convoy of Canadian gold miner Semafo's employees in eastern Burkina Faso, killing at least 37 people and wounding 60 others.

One person has been arrested after he launched a knife attack on a group of tourists in the Jordanian city of Jerash.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's election campaign has come under the scanner for promoting a doctored video clip of a rival politician.

In a surprising move, Philippines' Vice President Leni Robredo has accepted President Rodrigo Duterte's offer of a lead role in his war on drugs.

The collapse of a dam that killed at least 250 people in Brazil could have been prevented if its owner had reported defects to the authorities.

A Chinese pilot has been banned from flying after a photo of a female passenger sitting in the cockpit went viral on social media.

At least 15 people have been killed after suspected separatist insurgents stormed a security checkpoint in Thailand's southern province of Yala.

Armed men wearing masks attacked an outpost on the Tajik-Uzbek border in an overnight operation, leaving 17 people dead.

Italy is set to be the world's first country to make "sustainability and climate change as the centre of the education model".

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed his main political rival Leni Robredo, his "drugs tsar".

The United States has begun the formal process of withdrawing from the 2015 Paris climate agreement.

Hong Kong has expressed deep regret at the participation of civil servants in the pro-democracy rally despite a warning to remain politically neutral.

The sister of dead IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been captured in northern Syria.

At least five members of a family have been killed in a shooting attack in the Mexican border state of Sonora.

Despite Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi's plea to end anti-government protests, thousands gathered at Baghdad's Tahrir Square on Monday.

Hundreds of anti-government protesters blocked roads in Beirut and in other parts of Lebanon, in a bid to press for political change. 

Eight people have been arrested in Vietnam in connection with 39 people found dead in the back of a truck near London last month.

Authorities in the Indian capital on Monday introduced the "odd-even" car rationing scheme in a bid to cut hazardous air pollution shrouding the city.

Two people have been critically injured in Hong Kong after a brutal knife attack ended another chaotic day of political unrest in the city.

An investigation has been launched after 33 people were wounded when a Paris-to-London bus overturned in France.

McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook has been fired over a consensual relationship with an employee.

Airbnb is cracking down on unauthorised house parties following a shooting at a rental home in California that left five people dead.

Iraqi protesters have started to block roads in Baghdad as they push for a change to the political system.

Thailand officially reopened the Tham Luang cave for the first time since the dramatic rescue of 12 boys and their football coach last year.

El Salvador has ordered Venezuela's diplomats to leave the country within 48 hours.

Some 31 migrants, reportedly from Pakistan, have been caught hidden in a lorry in southern France.

Severe smog continued to choke the Indian capital of New Delhi on Sunday morning, with the Air Quality Index touching 625 and reducing visibility significantly.

China's state-owned Xinhua News Agency has condemned the "barbaric acts of mobs" on its office in Hong Kong by protesters.

It hasn't taken long for Donald Trump to rip into Beto O'Rourke.

Spain will now play host to a series of United Nations climate talks in December.

Answers are beginning to emerge about what caused a mysterious oil spill that has stained Brazil's coastline for the last month.

An Uber driver who was convicted of assaulting and killing a British embassy worker has been given the death penalty.

Beto O'Rourke has dropped out of the race to the White House.

Palm Beach will now be the permanent place of residence of US President Donald Trump and his family.

The move comes as air pollution levels reach an all time high in the city.

Massive wildfires spanning 50 kilometers continue to burn across Southern Brazil.

The US is withholding $105 million Dollars in security aid for Lebanon.

Enough votes have been secured to take the next steps in an impeachment inquiry against US President Donald Trump.

North Korea have fired two projectiles into the sea.

Police in Cambodia believe they've found the body of a British tourist who went missing in the country last week.

John Bolton has been called in to testify in the impeachment inquiry into US President Donald Trump.

Twitter will soon ban all kinds of political advertising on its platform globally.

Chile has pulled out of hosting two major international summits, including a UN climate change conference.

An earthquake measuring 6.8 has hit Mindanao in the Philippines.

Strong winds continue to fan bushfires across the eastern coast of Australia.

A world heritage site in Okinawa, Japan has been badly damaged by a blaze.

At least 64 people have died in Pakistan and 40 are injured after a fire broke out on a train.

Greta Thunberg has refused to accept an environmental award.

An extremely rowdy and possible dangerous Halloween could be in store in Hong Kong.

Australia has insisted that it will hold China accountable on human rights issues.

More than 100 migrants have been given permission to leave a French charity rescue ship in Italy.

The US Secretary of State has urged Lebanon's leaders to help form a new government that'll respond to the people's needs.

The death toll from a strong earthquake in the southern Philippines has risen to seven.

The United Kingdom looks set to go to the polls on December 12.

The first and so far only female United Nations refugee chief has died.

A Nepali man has created history by becoming the fastest climber to reach the summits of the world’s 14 tallest mountains.

A 6.6 magnitude earthquake has been reported in the Philippines.

The amount of waste that China dumps into the ocean in on the rise.

A toddler who had fallen into a well in India has been found dead.

Boris Johnson will try once again on Tuesday to approve a December 12 general election.

A shark attack at a popular holiday spot in Australia has left two British tourists men severely injured.

The man who has been charged with manslaughter after 39 people were found dead inside a refrigerated trailer in the UK last week has appeared in a British court.

The European Union (EU) has agreed to extend Brexit until January 31, 2020.

Britain will soon release more mobile airwaves.

A state of emergency has been declared in California as wildfires continue to tear across the state.

Police in Cambodia are searching for a missing British woman.

More than a dozen people that were seized by insurgents in Rakhine state have been rescued.

The longest-serving African American member of the US Congress has died.

Alberto Fernández is the new president of Argentina.

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that I.S. leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died in an overnight raid in Syria.

Pope Francis has called for an end to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest.

Uruguayans are heading to the polls to elect their new president.

Britain’s former finance minister has said he would vote against Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s bid to force an election.

Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Barcelona to protest the jailing of separatist leaders from Spain's Catalonia area.

The US military has carried out an operation against the leader of IS.

An Australian serial killer has died in prison almost three decades after he murdered seven backpackers.

California's wildfires are getting worse.

Rudy Giuliani has accidentally left two voicemail messages on a journalist's phone.

Chile's President has dismissed his whole cabinet.

A man has been charged with manslaughter after 39 people were found dead inside a refrigerated trailer in the UK last week.