A grid-locked parliament has been unable to act on these changes. These activists, followers of Shi'ite Muslim cleric Muqtadā al-Ṣadr, support Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's anti-corruption proposals to replace party-affiliated ministers with technocrats.

Protesters demanding political reform leave Baghdad's Green Zone after camping for 24 hours in the heavily fortified government district.

Organizers and authorities in California are urging participants to remain calm, given the violence this week connected with Presidential campaign protests.

Thousands are set for May Day demonstrations across the United States for immigrant and worker rights, and for civility in presidential campaign rhetoric.

Jose Maria Sison, who is the leader of the guerrilla Communist Party of the Philippines, says that the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte is 'good for national unity.' ( Philippine Daily Inquirer).

Philippine general election, 2016 CPP–NPA–NDF rebellion.

In Punjab, Pakistan, the death toll has risen from 13 to 33 for people who have eaten sweets accidentally tainted with insecticide.

Note: the building was originally reported as six stories flooding had sunk the ground and first floors. The building had been declared unfit for human habitation by the country's National Construction Authority, but remained standing. Rescuers continue searching for survivors.

Kenyan authorities say the death toll from Friday's collapsed eight-story residential building in Nairobi has risen to 20, with 73 people missing.

(WRC-TV) ( Daily Mail) ( The Washington Post) Amtrak and a Baltimore-Washington commuter rail service also use the line. There were no injuries reported, and there was no residential evacuation.

Officials are unable to say when cleanup will be completed nor when train service will be restored. All leaks, and a nearby gas line that was ruptured, are contained. There were three leaks one, sodium hydroxide, is a hazardous material.

In the United States, 14 of 175 cars of a CSX freight train derail in northeastern Washington, D.C., near a city subway station.

Sava in New York City is almost completely destroyed in a massive four-alarm fire.

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