The US Geological Survey says a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off Sulawesi Island in Indonesia early Friday. A tsunami alert was issued but later lifted.
Bolivia's interim president Jeanine Anez moved Wednesday to fill the power vacuum left by the resignation of Evo Morales, who said he was ready to return from exile in Mexico to "pacify" the country, as riot police clashed with his supporters and one was killed.
A man's body has been found in burnt-out bushland in the Australian state of New South Wales, authorities said on Thursday, taking the death toll of an ongoing bushfire emergency to four.
