At least five people were shot dead and dozens injured when Bangladesh police opened fire Saturday on demonstrating workers at the construction site of a Chinese-financed power plant, officials said.

The leader of the opposition in Zanzibar has been arrested and three people killed, his party said Tuesday as chaos erupted on the semi-autonomous archipelago ahead of Tanzania's election.

A violent clash broke out late Saturday in Chicago's predominately black South Side neighborhood after police shot and killed a man whom they suspected was carrying a firearm.