Moldova's government was last Tuesday brought down by a no-confidence vote, threatening more instability just five months after pro-Western PM Maia Sandu took office promising to fight corruption, news wires reported. She had formed an uneasy coalition with the Russian-backed Socialist party but relations broke down over a proposed reform to how the top prosecutor is appointed. The government lost the vote with 63 out of 101 lawmakers voting against it.

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.

The leaders of Albania, North Macedonia and Serbia on Sunday met at Lake Ohrid, in North Macedonia, to discuss setting up a common market, news wires reported. The summit comes weeks after the European Union snubbed bids by Skopje and Tirana to open membership talks.

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".

Turkey will start sending foreign jihadists back to their home countries next week, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu announced on Friday.“Now we are telling you that we are going to send them back to you. We are starting this on Monday,” Soylu said in a speech in Ankara, referring to members of the Islamic State group (IS).

Iran has announced that it will begin enriching uranium using centrifuges at a controversial and heavily fortified nuclear facility. The move is the latest in a series of breaches by Iran following President Trump's decision to abandon an international nuclear deal and impose economic sanctions.

We welcomed the substantive progress made in the implementation of the Plan of Action to Implement the Joint Declaration on ASEAN-China Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity (2016-2020), a Chairmen statement of the 22nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-China Summit, held today in Bangkok, reads.

Fifty-three soldiers were killed Friday in a "terrorist attack" on a Mali military post in the northeast of the country, AFP reported, citing government sources. It is one of the deadliest strikes against Mali's military in recent Islamist militant violence.

Iraq's President Barham Salih says Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi has agreed to stand down if the right replacement can be found to avoid a constitutional vacuum. The announcement comes amid a swell of deadly anti-government protests that saw thousands of people blaming the government for corruption, unemployment and poor public services and demanding for reform.