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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe came under increasing pressure to quit on Monday as his ruling party said it would move to impeach him and the army revealed his likely successor would soon return to the country.

President Donald Trump declared North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism on Monday even as his top diplomat said Washington has not given up hope of a negotiated end to its nuclear standoff with Kim Jong-Un's regime.

At least 15 women were killed and five injured on Sunday in a crush as food aid was distributed near the coastal tourist town of Essaouira in western Morocco, authorities and witnesses said.

A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the eastern coast of New Caledonia on Monday, triggering a brief tsunami warning and evacuation alert but causing no significant damage, local officials said.

Billionaire conservative Sebastian Pinera, who held a commanding lead in Chile's first round of presidential voting, and leftist former TV journalist Alejandro Guillier will contest a runoff next month.

Chancellor Angela Merkel was left battling for political survival on Monday after high-stakes talks to form a new government collapsed – plunging Germany into a crisis that could see it hold fresh elections.

The UN Security Council was expected to vote, probably on Friday, on a 30-day extension of a UN-led investigation of chemical weapons attacks in Syria to allow for negotiations after Russia vetoed a renewal of the probe.

The United States on Thursday updated its advice to travellers heading for Europe, warning of an increased terrorist threat over the Christmas and New Year holiday season.

China is set to dispatch a special envoy to North Korea on Friday, a trip hailed as a "big move" by US President Donald Trump, who has urged Beijing to pile pressure on its nuclear-armed ally.

Eleven people have died after a plane belonging to a safari company crashed in northern Tanzania, according to the aircraft's owners, Coastal Aviation.

Russia and the United States were on a collision course ahead of a UN Security Council vote on Thursday on the fate of a UN-led probe to determine who is behind chemical attacks in Syria’s six-year war.

World leaders shared the spotlight with a 12-year-old Pacific islander on Wednesday to drive home a plea for urgent climate action despite the Trump administration's rejection of a planet rescue plan.

Venezuela signed a debt restructuring deal with major creditor Russia on Wednesday, as ratings agencies declared Caracas in partial default.

The Libyan coastguard on Tuesday called for more European aid for its "obsolete" fleet, warning it would not otherwise be able to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean in 2018.

Britain's government survived the first parliamentary challenges to its Brexit bill on Tuesday evening, as MPs began voting on various amendments tabled on the landmark legislation.

Japan notched up its seventh straight quarter of economic growth, official data showed on Wednesday, although the rate of expansion in the world's third-biggest economy is slowing.

Australians voted decisively in favour of allowing same-sex couples to marry, sparking joyous celebrations on Wednesday across the country even though the change must still be enshrined in law.

Zimbabwean military officers read an address live on state TV in the early hours of Wednesday, saying they were not launching a coup but were "targeting criminals around" President Robert Mugabe.