A fast-moving wildfire, spurred by powerful winds, forced thousands of people to evacuate parts of Sonoma County in northern California - the rural wine region still recovering from a 2017 blaze.
As the first full month of his impeachment investigation closes, President Donald Trump has been lashing out in all directions.
At least 40 protesters were killed in Iraq yesterday when security forces used tear gas and an Iranian-backed militia opened fire to try to quell renewed demonstrations against corruption and economic hardship, security sources said.
Iran has executed at least 12 child offenders since the start of 2018, while at least 90 are currently sitting on death row, the United Nations has heard.
A soldier has gone on a shooting spree in Siberia, killing eight fellow servicemen and wounding two others before being apprehended, the Russian defence ministry said.
Around 300 more Russian military police have arrived in Syria, the Russian defence ministry said yesterday, under an accord between Ankara and Moscow which halted Turkey's military incursion into north-east Syria.
The federal prosecutor asked by US Attorney General William Barr to examine the origins of the FBI's probe of President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign is conducting what officials consider to be a criminal investigation, according to a person familiar with the matter.
