Turkish authorities lift a fresh curfew in the south-eastern Kurdish city of Cizre, just 12 hours after it was re-imposed.

Two car bombs in the northern Syrian city of Hassakeh have killed at least 20 people and injured 40, state TV reports.

Russia's liberal opposition concedes defeat in regional elections, seen as a test of public opinion ahead of the 2016 national ballot.

Egypt's prime minister apologises after 12 people, including eight Mexican tourists, are mistakenly killed in an anti-terror operation.

A gunman has killed a male professor on the campus of Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi and the search continues for the gunman.

Egyptian security forces mistakenly kill 12 people, including Mexican tourists, during an anti-terror operation, the interior ministry says.

At least 10 people have been killed in an explosion at a bus station in the Pakistani city of Multan, officials say.

Taliban militants storm a jail in Ghazni, central Afghanistan, killing at least four police officers and freeing more than 350 prisoners.