World News Update; What you need to know

World News Update, What you need to know

Six US soldiers have been killed while on patrol north of Kabul after a suicide bomber on a motorbike laden with explosives rammed into them, NATO confirmed in a statement.

ELSEWHERE:

LAS VEGAS - An American woman who intentionally drove her car onto a crowded Las Vegas Strip footpath, killing one person and injuring at least 35 others, was homeless and had been living in her vehicle with her three-year-old child, police say.

ZURICH - FIFA's ethics committee have banned Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini for eight years from all soccer-related activities in verdicts announced Monday.

RIVERSIDE, California - The man who authorities say bought the assault rifles his friend used in the San Bernardino massacre has appeared in court to face terrorism-related allegations.

PARIS - A passenger initially suspected over a bomb hoax on board an Air France flight has been released.

JAKARTA - Search ships and rescue helicopters have joined the search for at least 76 people still missing after a boat sank off Indonesia's Sulawesi island.

BRUSSELS - Belgian police have released five people they had detained following raids on homes in Brussels as part of investigations linked to attacks in Paris that killed 130 people in November.

MADRID - Spain has entered the political unknown after the most fragmented national election in its history, as old and new parties fire the first salvos in coalition talks that are likely to be long and complex.


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