Bangladesh head-on train crash leaves 12 dead, 28 injured: police

At least 12 people were killed and 28 others injured in a collision between two passenger trains in Bangladesh's Brahmanbaria district, some 109 km northeast of capital Dhaka, police said.
Four armed separatists arrested over murder of Cameroonian army officer
Four armed separatists suspected of murdering an officer of the Cameroon armed forces were captured on Monday in Muyuka, a locality in the troubled English-speaking region of Southwest, according to the army.
Car bomb kills 8 people in northern Syria
Turkey's Defense Ministry says a car bomb has killed eight people and wounded at least 20 others in a town in northern Syria, which Turkish troops captured.
HK police open fire on protesters
Police in Hong Kong say an officer opened fire on protesters on Monday morning. Officials say a 21-year-old man is in critical condition.
300 dead in anti-government protests in Iraq
The Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights says month-long anti-government protests have left over 300 people dead.
9 killed in boating sinking off Spanish island
A boat carrying immigrants capsized off the coast of the island of Lanzarote in the Spanish Canary Islands, killing nine people, local rescue services confirmed on Thursday
First death reported in Hong Kong protests