Bolivian President Evo Morales resigned on Sunday, giving in after three weeks of sometimes violent protests over his disputed re-election after the army and police withdrew their support. "I resign from my position as president," said leftist Morales in a televised speech, culminating a day of rapid events in which many ministers and senior officials

The United Nations mission for Iraq on Sunday proposed a road map of the country's social turmoil, while Amnesty International said that Iraq's repression against anti-government protests has become a "bloodbath." Iraqi security forces put concrete barriers in central Baghdad in an effort to hinder and block the movement of protesters. The measures take place

A Hong Kong police officer shot at masked protesters on Monday morning, hitting at least one in the torso, while the anger caused by the recent death of a student spilled on the rush hour trip. The shooting, which was broadcast live on Facebook, is the latest escalation in more than five months of protests