The US has said it holds Russia responsible for a deadly attack on an aid convoy near the Syrian city of Aleppo on Monday.

A politician in Germany's Pirate party is found dead in a Berlin flat with the body of another man, in what police believe was a murder-suicide.

Volkswagen is facing €8.2bn in damages claims from 1,400 German investors over the emissions scandal, a state court has said.

At least 29 people drown after a migrant boat carrying about 600 passengers capsizes off the Egyptian coast, officials say.

All the schools on Canada's Prince Edward Island were evacuated due to a threat that turned out to be a likely hoax, police say.

Rome is set to drop its bid to host the Olympics in 2024 after its anti-establishment mayor said it would be "irresponsible" to be a candidate.

North Carolina officers issued repeated "loud, clear, verbal commands" to an armed man to drop his gun before shooting him, a police chief said.

US Secretary of State John Kerry calls for all planes to be grounded in key areas of Syria to save a truce, after an attack on an aid convoy.