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Mexican fishing authorities have boycotted the effort to save the critically endangered vaquita marina porpoise, environmentalists said on Monday, calling them "accomplices" in the near-extinction of the world's smallest porpoise.

Rescue teams in boats, trucks and helicopters scrambled on Monday to reach hundreds of Texans marooned on flooded streets in and around the city of Houston before monster storm Harvey returns.

The Colombian government and the country's last active rebel force, the ELN, said on Monday they hope to agree on a ceasefire before Pope Francis's visit to the nation next week.

Leaders from seven African and European countries meet in Paris on Monday for a mini-summit to discuss how to ease the EU's migrant crisis.

Britain and the EU kick off a third round of Brexit talks Monday, with London impatient to agree its future relationship with the bloc while Brussels insists the divorce settlement comes first.

North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles Saturday, the US military said, following weeks of heightened tensions between Washington and Pyongyang.

A knife-wielding man was shot dead on Friday after wounding a soldier in the centre of Brussels, in what Belgian authorities called a "terrorist attack".

Two Brazilian ferry wrecks in as many days left at least 39 people dead, authorities said on Thursday, as rescuers searched for several more who were still missing.

 Donald Trump's team must commit to a two-state solution and oppose Israeli settlement construction before the US president's peace push can move forward, Palestinian officials said on Wednesday.

At least 10 people have been confirmed dead and dozens were feared missing in northern Brazil after a boat sank overnight in the Amazon basin, the local government said on Wednesday.

Dutch police are investigating possible terror links after arresting a Spaniard driving a van containing gas canisters close to a rock concert which was abruptly cancelled over fears of an attack.

The EU is a "real step" closer to overhauling a controversial rule on detached workers, after talks with leaders from eastern and central Europe, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un has ordered more production of rocket engines and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) nosecones, Pyongyang state media said on Wednesday.

Some 30,000 civilians are trapped by fighting in Tal Afar, according to the United Nations, a city Iraqi forces are working to take back from the Islamic State group.

A suspected member of the terror cell that unleashed carnage in Spain last week admitted to a judge on Tuesday that the jihadists had planned to hit monuments in an even bigger attack.

Nineteen wildfires have merged into one massive forest fire that officials said Tuesday was the largest ever recorded in Canada's westernmost British Columbia province.

President Donald Trump arrived in Arizona on Tuesday hoping to re-energize core supporters cooling to his crisis-riddled presidency and build momentum for a controversial border wall.