A prolonged gunbattle between rival gangs inside Ecuador's largest prison killed at least 68 inmates and wounded 25 on Saturday, while authorities said clashes were still uncontrolled hours later at the Litoral Penitentiary, which recently saw the country's worst prison bloodbath.
Sudanese security forces fired live ammunition and tear gas on Saturday to disperse protesters denouncing the military's tightening grip on the country, killing at least one and wounding several, activists said.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged unvaccinated people to get inoculated against COVID-19 as the country's seven-day coronavirus incidence rate rose to the highest level since the pandemic began.
What Canadian rapper Drake might have known about the tragedy unfolding at the Astroworld concert in Houston before he took the stage has made him a defendant in some of the scores of lawsuits launched against the deadly event.
After six years of failed efforts, COP26 could produce a long-awaited deal on global carbon-trading rules, which could help countries and companies cut emissions while also driving investment into low-carbon projects.
Polish police say the body of a young Syrian man was found in the woods near the border with Belarus, the latest victim in a political standoff at the European Union's eastern border.
Negotiators have streamed into the venue for the UN climate talks, hoping that a good night's sleep would help them seal a deal that could credibly be said to boost the world's efforts to tackle global warming.
