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 Some 70 dead whales have been found in southern Chile less than a year after more than 330 whales washed up in a remote Patagonian inlet.

French lawmakers have voted massively to extend a state of emergency as President Francois Hollande said that a call to boost reserve forces had paved the way towards a "National Guard".

Republicans formally chose Donald Trump as the party's presidential nominee yesterday, a landmark moment in American politics and a stunning victory for a man whose White House ambitions were once openly mocked.

Tokyo was struck by a third earthquake in four days today, but there were no reports of damage or casualties.

Seventeen soldiers were killed and 35 wounded in central Mali yesterday in an assault on their base that authorities called a "coordinated terrorist attack".

France's National Assembly voted in the early hours of today to extend the country's state of emergency for six months following last week's massacre in Nice.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned that Islamic State fighters could set up new cells across Libya and north Africa as they are driven from their, stronghold of Sirte.

North Korea test-fired three ballistic missiles on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, just over a week after issuing threats to respond to the planned deployment of a US anti-missile system in the South.

Thirteen people were killed on Monday in a prison riot in Guatemala, among them an ex-soldier imprisoned for killing a Roman Catholic bishop almost two decades ago, authorities said.

Malcolm Turnbull was sworn in for another term as Australia's prime minister today after a narrow election victory with budget repair and a public vote on same sex marriage among his top priorities.

An international team of researchers have announced the discovery of 104 new planets outside our solar system, including four that could have Earth-like, rocky surfaces.

German police shot dead a 17-year-old Afghan refugee yesterday after he attacked train passengers with an axe and a knife, seriously wounding four in what one official said was a "probable" Islamist attack.

Britain’s new foreign minister Boris Johnson was to meet with his European counterparts for the first time Monday, in what will likely be a fence-mending trip to Brussels for the outspoken politician who led the victorious Brexit campaign.

Former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd on Monday revealed he wants to succeed Ban Ki-moon as the next UN secretary general, asking Canberra to endorse his nomination.

A black gunman shot dead three police officers in the Louisiana capital of Baton Rouge on Sunday, in the latest spate of violence involving law enforcement.

The Nice truck attacker staked out the seafront for two days before striking, it emerged on Sunday as investigators pieced together details of the Islamic State-claimed massacre and questioned possible accomplices.

Turkish authorities rounded up dozens of senior military personnel and judges in a ruthless crackdown today, after thousands massed in the streets nationwide overnight to denounce a coup aimed at ousting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

 The weak outlook for the UK economy will outweigh any potential pay rise for British workers if the country's EU exit leads to immigration cuts, a report warned on Monday.