Chilean police clash with students in Santiago

Here is a round-up of global news developments:

• Brazilian lawmakers have voted 55 to 22 in favor of impeaching President Dilma Roussef and putting her on trial for what they call breaking budget laws. She is going to be suspended for up to six months, pending a final decision on whether to remove her permanently. Roussef has denied any wrongdoing.
   
• Clashes have erupted between Chilean police and students who have taken to the streets of capital Santiago to protest government’s educational reforms. The students and education workers are calling on President Michelle Bachelet to fulfill her promise on implementing educational reforms. They are also calling for free college and university education.
   
• The Russian defense ministry says al-Nusra Front terrorists have deployed chlorine munitions near the city of Aleppo. It says trucks loaded with the weapons arrived in the area from the neighboring Idlib province. Aleppo has been the scene of fierce fighting between government forces and foreign-backed militants over the past few weeks.
   
• Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance says conditions are not ripe for sending Iranians to this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. Ali Jannati said Riyadh is sabotaging negotiations on this matter and has failed to assure Tehran about the visa and security issues.
   
• Iran’s deputy envoy to the UN, Gholam Hossein Dehqani says Tehran remains steadfast in its fight against terrorism. Dehqani noted that certain elements inside and outside of the Middle East are fueling extremism in the region. He also said extremism is the main security challenge facing the region.
   
• Violence continues to plague Iraq with bloody bomb attacks almost on a daily basis. In the latest wave of bloodshed, a group of assailants detonated their explosives near a police station in the capital Baghdad. The attack left at least three policemen dead and ten others injured.
   
• The Panama Papers have revealed that the name of Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is in a long list of powerful people with offshore wealth. According to the documents, Turnbull was a former director of a British company set up to exploit a Siberian gold mine. Turnbull has denied any wrongdoing.
   
• Syrian government forces have launched an offensive against Daesh Takfiri terrorists near the ancient city of Palmyra.The operation comes a day after Daesh cut the main road from Homs city to Palmyra. Syrian warplanes bombed Daesh's positions during the ground operation by the army.

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