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Chemical Rocket Possibly Fired At American Troops In Iraq
Islamic State militants may have fired a chemical rocket at American troops based in Iraq, the US military says.
A rocket that landed within several hundred yards of US troops at Qayyarah air base near Mosul may have contained mustard agent, it said. No-one was hurt in Tuesday's attack on the base, which is home to several hundred US soldiers. If confirmed, it would be the first chemical weapons attack on coalition forces in Iraq.
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Second Night Of Protests In North Carolina Town
North Carolina's governor has declared a state of emergency in the city of Charlotte, after violence erupted during a second night of protests over the police killing of a black man.
Keith Lamont Scott was shot dead by a black officer on Tuesday. One protester remains in a critical condition after a "civilian on civilian" shooting, police said. Mr Scott was the third black man killed by US police in a week. Such shootings have sparked nationwide protests.
Riot police in Charlotte used tear gas as they faced hundreds of protesters. The local police department said four officers were injured.
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Man Wielding Knife Shot Outside Embassy In Ankara
A man wielding a knife has been shot and wounded by security officials outside Israel's embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara.
Israeli officials said he had tried to storm the embassy.
The office of the Ankara governor said the suspect appears to be "mentally unstable", and no links had been found to any organisation. No-one at the embassy was hurt, Israeli officials say. Local reports said staff took refuge as the attack began.
Several embassies in Ankara were closed late last week amid reports of a possible militant attack.
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Medical Facility Near Aleppo Casualty Of Air Strike
An air strike on a medical facility near the Syrian city of Aleppo has killed five employees of an international aid agency, the group says, including nurses. There have been heavy air raids in and around Aleppo as the United Nations prepares to discuss the failed Syrian ceasefire.
The attack came a day after an aid convoy was targeted in a nearby raid. Twenty people were killed in that attack, which the US blames on Russia. The assault, on Monday, destroyed 18 lorries and has been described as a possible war crime.
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French Police Arrest More Suspects Linked To Nice Lorry Attack
French police have reportedly detained eight men linked to lorry attacker Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, who murdered 86 people on the seafront at Nice.
Police carried out a wave of arrests on Monday and Tuesday in and around Nice.
Bouhlel drove a lorry into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day on 14 July. He was originally thought to have acted on his own, but prosecutors later said he had accomplices. Six suspects have already been placed under formal investigation as part of the inquiry.
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US Bomber Ahmad Khan Rahami In Custody
The Afghan-born American who is in custody after the weekend's bombings in New York and New Jersey was employed at a fried chicken restaurant.
Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, worked with members of his family at First American Fried Chicken in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He lived with his family above the takeout spot, a few miles from Newark Liberty International Airport. "He's a very friendly guy, that's what's so scary," said one patron, Ryan McCann.
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Aid Suspended To Syria After Attack On Convoy
The UN has suspended all aid convoys in Syria after its lorries were attacked by warplanes near Aleppo on Monday.
The convoy had received proper permits, and all warring parties - including Russia and the US - had been notified, a UN spokesman said.
Eighteen of the 31 lorries, containing wheat, winter clothes and medical supplies, were destroyed. A senior local official of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent was among about 20 civilians killed, aid officials said.
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Aleppo Sees First Air Strikes Since Ceasefire A Week Ago
Four air strikes have hit rebel-held parts of the Syrian city of Aleppo, activists say, the first raids there since a ceasefire began last Monday.
Several people were injured, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, but it did not say who carried out the strikes. Russia has said the future of the truce is in doubt after the US-led coalition struck the Syrian army in Deir al-Zour. A Syrian political adviser said the US strike could not be a mistake.
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Device Discovered In New Jersey After Weekend Of Attacks In The US
A suspicious device found near a New Jersey railway station exploded as a bomb squad was attempting to disarm it with a robot, officials say.
It was one of up to five devices found in backpack inside a rubbish bin near the station in Elizabeth, according to the city's mayor. No-one was hurt. The discovery came after three attacks at the weekend - bombs in New York and New Jersey, and stabbings in Minnesota.
The explosion in New York's Chelsea area injured 29 people.
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Canadian Released After Spending Two Years In Chinese Prison
A Canadian man arrested with his wife in China two years ago on espionage charges has returned home.
Kevin Garratt was held in August 2014 and accused of stealing state secrets. His wife, Julia Garratt, was freed on bail in February the following year.
The couple had been living on the North Korea border before their arrest, where they said they were helping refugees. His release follows Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's recent first official visit to China.
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