LONDON -- Nearly 300 people were arrested on Monday in central London during the first day of mass protests by Extinction Rebellion which demand much more urgent action against climate change.

As of 9:30 p.m. BST on the first day of mass demonstration, Met Police said it had made 280 arrests. Extinction Rebellion, also known as XR, said the mass protests will go on for two weeks. (UK-Environment-Protests)

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FRANKFURT -- A truck crashed into several vehicles in the German city of Limburg on Monday evening, leaving 17 people injured, according to local authority and media.

A man hijacked a truck around 5:20 p.m. local time and shortly afterwards drove up to several cars and pushed them together, the police of West Hesse said in a statement. (Truck-Crash-Injury)

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DAMASCUS -- The Turkish military campaign against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) began on Monday night in northeastern Syria, Syria's state TV reported, branding the military operation as a "Turkish aggression."

The Turkish attack targeted the SDF-held Tal Tawil area in the northeastern countryside of Hasakah province in northeastern Syria, said the report. (Syria-Turkey-Strike)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday defended his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria, saying that it is time to get out of these "Endless Wars."

The White House said in a late Sunday statement that the U.S. military "will not support or be involved in" an expected military operation by Turkey in northern Syria, and U.S. forces "would no longer be in the immediate area." (Trump-Syria-Turkey)

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WASHINGTON -- One of the two suspects in the shooting rampage in Kansas City, U.S. state of Kansas, in which four people were killed and another five wounded, was detained, local police said Monday, adding the other was still at large.

The suspect, identified as 23-year-old Javier Alatorre, was captured and taken to custody late Sunday, hours after police responded to a shooting spree at Tequila KC bar in downtown Kansas City, and searched for what they believed to be two suspects. (U.S.-Kansas-Shooting)

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ADDIS ABABA -- Clashes between security forces and gunmen over the weekend in Ethiopia's northern Amhara regional state have left five people dead, an Ethiopian official said on Monday.

Tefera Wondemagehnu, Chief Administrator of North Shoa zone of Amhara regional state, said deadly clashes between unidentified gunmen and security forces in the zone over the weekend left five people dead, reported state media outlet Ethiopia News Agency. (Ethiopia-Clash-Death) Enditem

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