An Israeli woman is stabbed to death in her home in a Jewish settlement near Hebron and a Palestinian man is killed after trying to attack Israeli soldiers, Israel's army says.

Dozens of people have been killed in an Islamic State offensive on government-held areas of Deir al-Zour in eastern Syria, local media report.

US President Barack Obama declares a state of emergency in Flint, Michigan, where the water has become contaminated with lead.

A chemical fire that started after an explosion at a cargo warehouse in Brazil is put out after two days.

Iran "has opened a new chapter" in its ties with the world, President Hassan Rouhani says, hours after economic sanctions on Tehran are lifted.

An Indonesian wounded in Thursday's gun and bomb attacks in Jakarta has died, bringing the death toll to eight including four civilians, police say.

A human rights group says Islamic State militants in Syria have abducted 400 civilians during a bloody assault on the eastern city of Deir al-Zour.

People in Burkina Faso campaign for the release of an Australian doctor and his wife, kidnapped the same day as the attack on the capital.