Recruiting crisis hits police academies across America. A crisis in confidence in law enforcement is leaving empty desks at police academies across the country. Fox News' Rob Schmitt heads to Montgomery Police Academy to find out what trainees are up against.

Iraqi demonstrators throw fireworks towards Iraqi security forces during the ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

Mass #brawl in the dining room of a Russian gas plant. The video shows that men in work clothes and helmets beat each other, throw chairs and demolish dining tables. The exact number of participants in the fight is unknown.

Oregon Ducks quarterback Justin Herbert warms up prior to the game against the Arizona State Sun Devils at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, November 23. Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

56 year old Isabele Vancoller shot and killed in Johannesburg this morning on her way to work. Typical daily scenes in South Africa

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A general view as Rio de Janeiro police clash with fans during the Flamengo Victory Parade after the Copa Libertadores in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

Meanwhile in Venice ... 🤣

Shootout at Valley Valley Mall in Bakersfield, California; at least 2 people was shot, #LAPD reports. 👮🏻‍♂️

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Bakersfield police confirm they are searching for a suspect following a shooting Monday at a mall. Police did not say how many people were wounded in the Valley Plaza Mall but said wounds were considered minor, according to FOX40 sister station KGET. Multiple people have called KGET saying they are on lockdown inside the Valley Plaza Mall because of a shooting. 👮🏻‍♂️ This story is developing.

😱 #WTF?

A court in Vietnam sentenced a Facebook user to six years in prison on Tuesday for a series of posts he made on the social media platform that the Southeast Asian country's government said were "anti-state", Bangkok Post reports. Despite sweeping economic reform and increasing openness to social change, Vietnam's ruling Communist Party retains tight media censorship and does not tolerate criticism, and its dissent crackdown has shown signs of intensifying recently. Nguyen Chi Vung, 38, was accused of "making and spreading anti-state information and materials" at the one-day trial at the People's Court of Bac Lieu province, in the Mekong Delta, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement.

Meanwhile in Hong Kong ... 🎼 #HK

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The man who claims he killed Osama bin Laden is backing President Trump's contentious decision to restore the rank of Eddie Gallagher - the Navy SEAL demoted after being convicted of posing with the corpse of an Iraqi civilian. In an interview on Monday, Robert O'Neill, the Navy SEAL crediting with shooting bin Laden during the 2011 raid on his Abbottabad compound, also hit out at 'whiny' Pentagon officials, some of whom are said to be angered over the President's intervening in military affairs. Speaking with The Washington Examiner, O'Neill stated: 'Everyone knows Gallagher will always be a SEAL... they'll never be able to take that away from him'.