Puerto Rico has declared a public health emergency due to a significant increase in dengue cases - 549 cases have been reported since the beginning of the year, which poses a threat to the island's healthcare system.
Russian agents are becoming bolder abroad and may be behind high-profile assassinations of Russian defectors, such as the pilot who was shot dead in Spain after he hijacked a Russian helicopter for Ukraine.
A plane with four Canadian paratroopers was forced to make an emergency landing on a Mexican beach, killing a 62-year-old man and injuring people on board.