The Chilean government has agreed to write a new constitution to replace one dating back to the Pinochet dictatorship, bowing to the demands of protesters who have taken to the streets in often violent demonstrations in recent weeks. Interior Minister Gonzalo Blumel said the president, cabinet members and political allies had agreed Congress should lead the process of re-writing the constitution. The document would be put to a public referendum.

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff promised there will not be an end to the American presence in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria - nations facing down the threat of the Islamic State and other dangerous groups.

Bolivian President Evo Morales vowed Sunday to call new elections after weeks of protest demanding his resignation, news wires reported. Morales said he would call for "new national elections" that would allow "the Bolivian people to democratically elect new authorities".

By 232-196, the US House of Representatives on Thursday approved a resolution to formalize the procedures of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, marking a significant step in the ongoing investigation and setting the stage for the next phase in the investigation, news wires reported.

The US House of Representatives passed a resolution Tuesday officially recognising the "Armenian genocide," a symbolic but unprecedented move that angered Turkey amid already heightened tensions with Washington.

Argentines on Sunday entrusted leftists to steer the nation as it reels from a deep recession, electing as president Alberto Fernandez, giving him more than the needed 45% of the vote, or 40% and a 10-point lead over the second-place contestant - conservative incumbent Mauricio Macri. 

US President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that Islamic State founder and leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed himself during a daring overnight raid by elite US special operations forces in Syria, describing it as a major victory for his country.

More than one million people took to the streets in Chile Friday for the largest protests in a week of deadly demonstrations demanding economic reforms and the resignation of President Sebastian Pinera.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won a second term in Canada's national elections Monday, losing the majority but delivering unexpectedly strong results despite having been weakened by a series of scandals that tarnished his image as a liberal icon.

Chile´s government decided to extend a state of emergency to cities in its north and south after at least seven people died amid violent clashes and arson attacks over the weekend, news wires reported, citing the interior minister Andres Chadwick.