Four people were killed at a theme park on Australia's popular Gold Coast Tuesday, police said, with witnesses describing how "everyone was screaming" after a raft apparently flipped on a malfunctioning water ride.

Militant group Islamic State on Tuesday said its fighters attacked a police training college in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, in a raid that officials said killed 59 people and wounded more than 100.

Hillary Clinton sought yesterday to cement her lead over Republican White House rival Donald Trump, looking to conquer swing states including Florida and Ohio where early voting has already begun.

The Oscar-nominated Spotlight and Avengers actor spoke out at a rally in Los Angeles protesting against man-made climate change and, in particular, the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, the site of escalating protests in recent weeks.

A tour bus crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer on a Southern California highway before dawn on Sunday, killing 13 people and injuring 31, authorities said.

Chile’s right snatched dozens of mayoralties from the governing centre-left coalition, in a boost to former leader Sebastian Pinera, the front-runner to lead the conservative coalition in next year’s presidential election.

A party of political outsiders fronted by a former police chief pulled off a stunning election victory in Lithuania yesterday on the back of promises to deliver much-needed economic growth to curb a labour exodus.

Pro- and anti-whaling nations clashed at a key meeting yesterday where Japan sought to ease a 30-year-old moratorium on commercial hunts while others pushed for an Atlantic whale sanctuary.

When the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern neighbours took advantage of an outbreak of political turmoil there to invade in 1998, then-president Laurent Kabila turned to regional powerhouse Angola for help.

Miss Nigeria Ivie Mary Young Akpude poses on a ropeway in Hakone town, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan.

Pakistan’s government yesterday vowed to block protests in Islamabad if opposition leader Imran Khan pushes ahead with plans to shut down the government and transport in the capital from November 2.

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday said Kashmir is the core issue between India and Pakistan and its resolution will ensure peace in the region.