A state of emergency has been declared for the city of Ferguson on Monday following gun battle between police and protesters Sunday night marking the anniversary of Michael Brown's death.
Myanmar's severe flooding nationwide has displaced nearly 600,000 people, according to updated figures of the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation Sunday.
The flood disaster in Myanmar since June has brought the death toll nationwide to 88 and affected more than 330,000 people across the nation, prompting a state of emergency for urgent relief efforts.
Pakistan's envoy to India has canceled a visit to the northwestern Indian state Punjab after a terrorist attack killed seven people there Monday, said local media Tuesday evening.
An armed squad attacked workers of the Mexican national oil company, PEMEX, in the state of Tabasco Thursday, leaving three dead and three more injured.
The governor of U.S. state of South Carolina, Nikki Harley, signed on Thursday afternoon a bill on the removal of the controversial Confederate battle flag from the state capitol grounds amid heated debates over the symbolism of the flag that belonged to the pro-slavery side in the U.S. Civil War.
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi declared the state of emergency in a speech addressing the nation on Saturday, stressing Tunisia is going through difficult circumstances that require exceptional measures.
Two policemen have been killed and two Lebanese workers abducted by unknown gunmen in Nigeria's southeastern state of Bayelsa state, local police confirmed on Wednesday.
China's top anti-corruption watchdog publicly criticized six more major state-owned enterprises on Wednesday after inspections uncovered corruption and discipline violations.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday reiterated his commitment to the two-state solution, saying there were no preconditions to renew negotiations with Palestinians.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to show his support for the two-state solution with deeds rather than words.
The death toll from a tanker explosion in the southeastern Nigerian city of Onitsha in Anambra has risen to 85 as of Monday night, local authorities said on Tuesday.
Greek government on Tuesday turned to the balances of dormant state accounts in an effort to collect funds to repay the next International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan installment on June 5, as Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis assured there will be no credit event next week.
Australia's iconic marsupial the koala will be listed as a "vulnerable species" in Queensland state.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that he is still committed to the two- state solution as means to end the long-running Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The Western Australian (WA) government will sell one of Australia's main shipping links to Asia in an effort to reduce the state's mounting debt.
Six people were killed when a small plane crashed in northern Mexico's state of Chihuahua, local officials confirmed Wednesday.
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