Venice was hit by the highest tide in more than 50 years late Tuesday, with tourists wading through flooded streets to seek shelter as a fierce wind whipped up waves in St. Mark's Square.
Evo Morales left Bolivia on Monday for Mexico, which has granted him political asylum, as the armed forces agreed to help police curb violence that has erupted after the president's stunning resignation left a power vacuum.
The European Union authorised the marketing of a vaccine against Ebola on Monday, permitting the first wider commercial use of a protection that has helped stem an outbreak in DR Congo.
Thousands of firefighters fanned out across eastern Australia yesterday as gale-force winds, scorching temperatures and tinder-dry bushland brought "catastrophic" fire conditions.
Malaysia's toppled leader Najib Razak will learn on Monday if his first trial over the 1MDB scandal will proceed, in a key test of efforts to bring him to justice over the multi-billion-dollar fraud.
A state of emergency was declared on Monday and residents in the Sydney area were warned of "catastrophic" fire danger as Australia girded for a fresh wave of deadly bushfires that have ravaged the east of the country.
South Korea's prosecution will launch a special unit on Monday to investigate the 2014 Sewol ferry sinking, one of the country's worst maritime disasters, which killed more than 300.
Evo Morales, who resigned as Bolivia's president on Sunday after losing the support of the army and police, said there is now a warrant for his arrest.
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have not yet given their official response to an invitation to visit Russia and take part in the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of Victory over Nazi Germany on May 9, 2020, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
A New York judge on Thursday ordered Donald Trump to pay US$2 million for using his former charity to further his political and business interests, adding to the president's legal woes.
An earthquake in northwestern Iran on Friday killed three people and injured 20, according to the first official reports on state television.
Chile's President Sebastian Pinera on Thursday announced a series of measures to tighten public order in the wake of three weeks of anti-government protests that have left 20 people dead.
South Sudan President Salva Kiir and rebel chief Riek Machar Thursday were given another 100 days to form a power-sharing government after failing to resolve differences, a fresh delay that prompted a sharp US warning that the fledgling nation needed new leaders.
Brazil's Supreme Court voted Thursday to overturn a ruling requiring convicted criminals to go to jail after losing their first appeal, paving the way for leftist icon Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to be freed.
An ambush on a convoy transporting employees of a Canadian mining company in Burkina Faso killed 37 people on Wednesday, the deadliest attack in nearly five years of jihadist violence in the West African country.
A lead opponent of Bolivian President Evo Morales has vowed to hand him a resignation letter to sign, raising pressure on the leftist leader over claims he rigged his re-election.
Chile's president said on Wednesday his government had "nothing to hide" concerning allegations that police killed, tortured and sexually assaulted civilians during deadly protests against him.
Lebanese demonstrators hit the streets again on Tuesday evening to demand a new government, facing off in some areas with security forces attempting to re-open blockaded roads.
