Clinton e-mails show concern about image after Benghazi attacks
Top aides to former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fretted over how she would be portrayed after the 2012 Benghazi attacks that killed the US ambassador to Libya and three other Americans, e-mails released on Friday showed.
The e-mails from Clinton's personal e-mail account made public by the State Department do not appear to contain any revelations that could badly damage her bid for the presidency in 2016 or provide fodder for Republicans who accuse her of being negligent before the Benghazi attacks.
But they offer a glimpse into how Clinton's team was concerned about her image immediately afterwards.
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Suicide bomber kills 21 at Saudi Shi'ite mosque; Islamic State claims attack
A suicide bomber killed 21 worshippers on Friday in a packed Shi'ite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia, residents and the health minister said, the first attack in the kingdom to be claimed by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria militants.
It was one of the deadliest assaults in recent years in the largest Gulf Arab country, where sectarian tensions have been frayed by nearly two months of Saudi-led air strikes on Shi'ite Houthi rebels in neighbouring Yemen.
More than 150 people were praying when the huge explosion ripped through the Imam Ali mosque in the village of al-Qadeeh, witnesses said.
A video posted online showed a hall filled with smoke and dust, with bloodied people moaning with pain as they lay on the floor littered with concrete and glass.
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Russian woman accidentally shoots herself while taking selfie
A young Russian woman accidentally shot herself in the head with a pistol while posing for a selfie, Russian news agencies reported Friday, citing police.
The 21-year-old found a 9mm handgun left behind by a security guard at her Moscow office and decided to pose for a photograph holding it, a police spokesman told Interfax news agency.
While taking a selfie with one hand, she accidentally pressed the gun's trigger, shooting herself in the temple at close range.
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NBA: Lakers GM says Kobe Bryant done after next season
Kobe Bryant will make next season his last with the Los Angeles Lakers after 20 years that have produced five NBA titles, Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said.
"He has indicated to me this is it," Kupchak told SiriusXM NBA Radio.
"He's on the last year of a deal. There have been no discussions about anything going forward. I don't think there will be."
The 36-year-old guard has played for the Lakers for his entire NBA career, but has been nagged by injuries in recent seasons and unable to display the form that made him a 17-time All-Star, two-time NBA scoring champion and two-time Olympic champion.
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Koons, Banksy works beat Picasso at star-studded Cannes auction for Aids
A huge sculpture called Coloring Book by American artist Jeff Koons sold for 12 million euros (S$17.7 million) at a star-studded charity auction near Cannes that raised more than 33 million euros for Aids research.
Sienna Miller, Jake Gyllenhaal, Diane Kruger, Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard were among the celebrities and millionaires at the annual amfAR "Cinema Against Aids" event on Thursday night at the luxury Hotel de Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes.
At the gala, a highlight during the annual Cannes Film Festival, a work by British street artist Banksy, donated by actor Leonardo DiCaprio, fetched more than a signed Picasso.
The Banksy work fetched one million euros, nearly double the closing bid for Picasso's L'Etreinte.
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