Armed miners reportedly invaded a village in a remote part of Brazil and killed a tribal leader.
Suspected Boko Haram Islamists have killed at least 30 people in a shooting at a funeral in Nigeria's north-eastern Borno state, a security source and a resident said yesterday.
Hong Kong descended into a second day of pandemonium yesterday as police again fired volleys of tear gas at pro- democracy protesters during increasingly violent clashes.
French social security officials are to be given classes in discerning lies to prevent fraud estimated to cost the state billions of euro a year.
Iran is to restart activities at its controversial Arak heavy-water reactor, the head of the country's nuclear agency announced yesterday.
German soldiers will be encouraged to travel on the country's rail network in uniform as part of a plan by the new defence minister to make the armed forces "more visible".
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has insisted he is "not in the slightest" bit worried about going up against Boris Johnson in a general election.
