Voting opened in New Zealand on Monday for the November 7 general election, with ballot boxes available for nearly two weeks at ​shopping centres, transport hubs and community halls, ahead of what is ‌expected to be a closely contested race.

North Korea said it had written to the UN ​Security Council, accusing South Korea of fabricating a September ‌landmine incident and endangering troops working to fortify the border, state media KCNA reported.

Jordan’s King Abdullah ordered security forces to respond with an “iron fist” as authorities searched for gunmen who opened fire and killed nine people during a church funeral service.

The Israeli military ​forced around 1,200 Palestinians to leave their homes in Hebron in the occupied West Bank.

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marched in France.

Protests against war and rising living costs took place in major ​Italian cities.

Albanian riot police used tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets to disperse protesters who ​threw rocks at officers .

Belgian police used tear gas and pepper spray as ​they clashed in Brussels on Saturday with anti-government ‌demonstrators calling for better conditions in the education system, Reuters witnesses and Belgian media reported.

Disappointed tourists poked their heads through ​the Louvre’s locked gates on Saturday, shut off from the Mona Lisa as galleries ‌and museums across Paris closed as a precaution ahead of fresh demonstrations.

Seven people were killed when gunmen opened fire ​during a funeral at a church in Jordan.

Kenya has recorded a second Ebola death.

Genomic ​analysis of Nigeria’s only confirmed Ebola case ‌shows the virus is closely related to the strain detected in Kenya’s index case