Fourteen women and one man were killed and 15 other women injured on Monday in a car bomb explosion on a main road on the outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Manbij, Syria's civil defense said.All of them were agricultural workers, it added in a statement.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.It was the second blast in three days in the area after four civilians were killed and nine others, including children, were injured in a car bomb attack in the center of Manbij on Saturday, according to Syria's state news agency SANA.Manbij city is some 30 km (19 miles) south of the Turkish border and to the west of the Euphrates River.

A drone attack targeted the Khor Mor gas field in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Sunday, two security sources told Reuters.There was no damage to the field or Dana Gascompany and production is normal, the Kurdish Regional Government's Ministry of Natural Resources reported.The Pearl Consortium, United Arab Emirates energy firm Dana Gas (DANA.AD), and its affiliate, Crescent Petroleum, have the rights to exploit Khor Mor.No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum argued on Sunday that reason should prevail a day after her government and the US announced tariffs against one another.She adopted a defiant tone as she insisted she does not lack courage to respond.In a speech outside the Mexican capital, Sheinbaum raised her fist in the air and insisted that the trade penalties first ordered by US President Donald Trump will hit his own people with higher prices.

Officials have positively identified 55 of the 67 people killed in Wednesday's midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a military helicopter over the Potomac River, Washington, DC Fire Chief John Donnelly said on Sunday.The Army Corps of Engineers is surveying and preparing to begin significant salvage operations on Monday to remove the wreckage from the river.Wreckage is being moved to a hangar at Washington Reagan National Airport. Much of the Potomac River remains off limits to all vessels except authorized boats.

North Korea on Monday criticized US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for calling it a "rogue state," saying his comments do not help US interests, state media KCNA said.North Korea's foreign ministry said the country will respond strongly to hostile US provocations, KCNA reported.

Justice Minister Yariv Levin refused to sign the announcement appointing Isaac Amit as Supreme Court President, according to reports in Israeli media on Monday.This led to the Director of the Courts Administration, Justice Tzachi Uziel, signing the document.