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Brazil state flooded with Venezuelans sees spike in killings A state at the center of the Venezuelan migrant crisis had the highest homicide rate in Brazil in the first six months of the year, according to data published Tuesday.

Pope Francis facing calls to resign; sexual abuse scandal exposes rifts in the Vatican The Catholic Church is against staggering under the weight of a report by a grand jury in Pennsylvania found that possibly more than 1,000 children in six dioceses had been sexually abused by about 300 priests or higher ranking officials.

Likely Lula replacement denies corruption charges in Brazil The man in line to replace jailed presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as the Brazilian Workers' Party standard-bearer on Tuesday denied accusations of corruption.

Berlin Wall to be 'rebuilt' by art group in German capital The German capital is getting its infamous Berlin Wall back — at least for four weeks.

UN: Idlib offensive could spark worst humanitarian emergency The U.N. director of humanitarian operations warned Tuesday that a large-scale Syrian government offensive in the last major rebel stronghold in northern Idlib province "has the potential to create a humanitarian emergency at a scale not yet seen" in the seven-year civil war.

The arrest of five prominent human rights activists in raids across the country for suspected links to Maoist guerrillas ignited allegations on Wednesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration was trying to intimidate its critics. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Ph2B6K

A powerful undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck near New Caledonia in the South Pacific on Wednesday, creating small tsunami waves, officials in the region said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2BY9esW

Pakistan's new Prime Minister Imran Khan will skip next month's United Nations General Assembly session to focus his attention on the country's economy, said his foreign minister. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2wvI3AH

Water from a breached dam flooded communities in central Myanmar on Wednesday and blocked part of a highway linking the main cities of Yangon, Mandalay and the capital Naypyitaw, fire officials said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PP7x43

Yemen's Houthi group fired a ballistic missile at Saudi Arabia's Najran region near the border between the two countries, the Houthi-controlled Masirah TV said in a tweet on Wednesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2LzZjcF

Chinese police are investigating a possible leak of client information from Huazhu Group, after state media said nearly 500 million pieces of customer-related information from the hotel operator had emerged in an online post. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2BWnTov

Security forces in Iran have arrested tens of spies working in state bodies, Intelligence Minister said on Tuesday, at a time of rising tensions between Iran and the West following the reimposition of U.S. sanctions on Tehran. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NpjxY1

A Myanmar government spokesman on Wednesday rejected a report by United Nations investigators that called for top generals to be prosecuted for genocide, saying the international community was making "false allegations". from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2BT4c0A

A passenger ferry with 1,016 people onboard returned safely to the port of Piraeus in the early hours on Wednesday after it reported a fire while en route to Crete, the Greek coast guard said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PgNNoS

Australia's revolving door of political leadership has hit confidence in sectors particularly prone to policy uncertainty, such as energy, which could hurt business investment and push back the timeframe for a central bank interest rate hike. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MFFq9y

A homemade bomb hidden under a motorcycle killed two people, one a child, and wounded 37 at a local street festival in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, security officials said, the latest unrest in a region prone to militancy. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MzzxKJ

Brazil's electoral court threw out a complaint by jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that television networks were not covering his campaign in their newscasts, even though he is a candidate in the October presidential race. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PKEU7P