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".

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.

Catalan separatists burned barricades and clashed with police in Barcelona on Thursday in a fourth night of violence triggered by Spain's jailing of nine of their leaders over Catalonia's failed effort to earn independence.

Ecuadoran protesters broke into the country's Congress building on Tuesday as demonstrations over a fuel price hike introduced by President Lenin Moreno's government intensified. Demonstrators, many of them indigenous men armed with sticks and whips, surged through a security cordon. They rushed into the meeting room and occupied the podium, but were soon evicted by security forces.

About 10,000 people gathered in central Kiev on Sunday to protest a plan for broader autonomy for separatist territories ahead of a high-stakes summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, news wires reported. The protesters, who descended on Kiev's Independence Square known locally as Maidan, chanted "No to surrender!", with some holding placards critical of President Volodymyr Zelensky. Zelensky's predecessor Petro Poroshenko, who was trounced in an April election, joined the rally.

Tens of thousands of people descended upon the Hong Kong government headquarters on Saturday night to mark the fifth anniversary of the Umbrella Movement, the first ever homegrown pro-democracy movement in the semi-autonomous Chinese city.

Hundreds of protests have broken out in Indian-administered Kashmir since New Delhi stripped the region of its autonomy and imposed a military clampdown more than three weeks ago, a senior government official has told the AFP news agency.

Pro-democracy protesters retreated from Hong Kong's airport after holding two days of hugely disruptive rallies that turned violent and plunged the global financial hub further into turmoil. The protests ended early Wednesday morning following a series of clashes in which a policeman drew his gun after being beaten by demonstrators and other officers fired pepper spray, AFP reports.

Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam warned Friday that two months of pro-democracy demonstrations were causing economic chaos in the city, AFP reports. Yet, she ruled out making concessions to "silence the violent protesters". Her words came as she met with business leaders as thousands of pro-democracy activists staged a sit-in at Hong Kong airport, hoping to win international support for their movement.

Hong Kong is reportedly facing its worst crisis since it returned from British to Chinese rule in 1997. The opinion was expressed by the head of China’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs office on Wednesday, as more protests were set to rock the Asian financial hub.