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.

The older brother of singer Celine Dion dies of cancer, two days after her husband also died of the disease.

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.