The New York Times quotes a city councilman as saying three people are dead and 12 are injured in a mass shooting at a food festival in California. He did not know if the number of injured includes the three fatalities.
Presidential election campaigning got underway in Afghanistan on Sunday with the focus on improving the country's security. But the day brought yet another terrorist attack this time targeting the office of a vice-presidential candidate.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said two missiles fired under his supervision were newly designed tactical weapons that sent a "solemn warning" to the South over plans to hold military drills with the United States.
A daredevil French inventor on Thursday failed in his attempt to fly across the Channel standing on a jet-powered "flyboard", crashing into the sea but vowing to try again.
