A gunman was killed and two were injured in a shootout near the Israeli consulate in Istanbul, which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called a "heinous act of terror".
Two policemen were "slightly injured" in the gun fight, Turkish Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci said.
Ciftci said the attackers had come to Istanbul from the city of Izmit by rental car and that two of them were brothers.
In a statement on X, the interior ministry named the gunman killed as Yunus E.S., who it said
Elaborate costumes, blaring music and vibrant processions took over Nigeria's Lagos Island on Monday as the annual Fanti Carnival hit the streets.
The festivities have lit up Lagos' financial hub for more than two centuries, celebrating the legacy of the Afro-Brazilian returnees who once settled in the city.
This year's carnival featured musical performances, bedazzled horses, huge dragons and dancing stilt walkers.
A funeral was held in central Gaza for the contractor, named locally as Majdi Aslan, 54
The World Health Organization has suspended medical evacuations from Gaza to Egypt via the Rafah crossing after a contractor was killed by Israeli troops on Monday.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the contractor – named locally as Majdi Aslan, 54 – was killed in a "security incident" and that two staff were present but not injured. He gave no further details.
Rights activists have campaigned for Adriana Rivas' extradition for years
A 72-year-old Chilean woman suspected of having kidnapped and tortured dissidents during the military rule of Gen Augusto Pinochet has lost her lengthy legal battle against being extradited from Australia.
Adriana Rivas moved to Australia in 1978, where she worked as a nanny and a cleaner in the Sydney's Bondi suburb.
Chile requested her extradition 12 years ago, alleging that before she emigrated to Australia she had been involved in the disappearance of
To Lam has secured enough backing to give him both the presidency and the top job in Vietnam's communist party
Vietnam's communist-dominated general assembly has elected To Lam, the party leader, to be the country's president and head of state, an unusual concentration of power in one person.
He was elected unanimously by the 500 seat assembly which started sitting on Monday, following the Communist Party Congress in January, which makes all the big decisions about the country's
Taylor Swift is one of the music artists signed to Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group, the entertainment giant behind acts such as Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter and Kendrick Lamar, has received a takeover offer estimated to be worth $64.3bn (£48bn).
US investment company Pershing Square is offering to buy Universal in a merger that would see the new company listed in America, its billionaire chief executive Bill Ackman said.
As well as representing a huge list of artists, the world
The former Migos rapper is reportedly in a "stable" condition and being "closely monitored" in hospital
Former Migos rapper Offset has been shot outside a casino in Florida, according to US media reports.
The 34-year-old, whose real name is Kiari Kendrell Cephus, is in a "stable" condition and being "closely monitored" in hospital, a spokesperson told Variety.
The Seminole Police Department have told BBC Newsbeat the incident happened on Monday evening and that two people have been detained in
A train driver has died after his high-speed passenger train collided with a lorry at a level crossing in France while travelling at an estimated 160km/h (99mph).
The incident took place shortly before 07:00 (05:00 GMT) on Tuesday morning between Béthune and Lens in the northern Pas-de-Calais region.
Two people initially deemed to have sustained critical injuries following the crash were "doing well", while
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