Three people have been found dead while at least seven remained missing after a ferry got tipped over off the Bakassi Peninsula of Cameroon's southwestern coast on Sunday evening, according Cameroon navy officials.
Hong Kong police said Monday they were forced to fire water cannon and a warning shot to fend off "extremely violent" demonstrators, following another weekend of clashes at pro-democracy rallies.
The Afghan special forces waged an operation and freed 15 people from a Taliban hideout in the country's northern province of Kunduz overnight, the command of special forces said Monday.
Brazil on Sunday deployed two C-130 Hercules aircraft to douse fires devouring parts of the Amazon rainforest, as hundreds of new blazes flared up and thousands protested over the destruction.
