More than 500 banks across the US have closed since 2001.

Putin has visited military headquarters in Ukraine's Kherson and Luhansk regions.

The biggest business weapons fair in Latin America opens in Rio de Janeiro.

One of Russia's most active volcanoes erupted on the far eastern Kamchatka peninsula on Tuesday, shooting a vast cloud of ash far into the sky that smothered villages in drifts of grey volcanic dust and triggered an aviation warning.

At least one person was killed and 30 injured when a passenger train derailed in the Netherlands.

French security forces again clashed with protesters Saturday as campaigners sought to stop the construction of reservoirs for the agricultural industry in the southwest of the country.

Authorities report at least five storm-related deaths in and around San Francisco, all from fallen trees.