China leads the region in hydropower capacity followed by India and Japan

A gunman who’s believed to have spewed anti-Semitic slurs and rhetoric on social media barged into a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday and opened fire, killing 11 people in one of the deadliest attacks on Jews in US history.

An overhaul of global trade is urgently needed, 13 trade ministers representing all regions of the world said on Thursday, following two days of talks in Ottawa aimed at setting objectives to reform the troubled system. The group made a veiled appeal to the United States to stop blocking appointments to WTO dispute resolution panels, warning the system will otherwise collapse soon.

The Pentagon is expected to deploy about 800 troops to the US-Mexico border, two US officials said on Thursday, after President Donald Trump said the military would help tackle a "national emergency" and called on a caravan of migrants to turn around.

Australia is setting up a billion-dollar fund to "future proof" the country against droughts, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday, as farmers struggle with a 'big dry' forecast set to continue for months.

Flash floods in Jordan swept away a school bus on Thursday, killing at least 17 people, mostly pupils, emergency services said, as Israel sent forces to help with rescue operations.

The man who negotiated FARC's peace agreement with the Colombian government emerged from hiding on Wednesday to comply with a demand that former guerrilla leaders reaffirm their commitment to the 2016 peace agreement that ended decades of conflict.

Pipe bombs were sent on Wednesday to Barack Obama, top Democrats and CNN, hate figures for Donald Trump supporters, while the US president tempered calls for unity by attacking the media for its "endless hostility."

Norway hosts NATO's biggest exercises since the end of the Cold War from Thursday, to remind Russia the Alliance stands united despite seeds of doubt planted by US President Donald Trump.