Russian airstrikes on Sunday targeted Syrian rebels accused of launching a poison gas attack on the government-held city of Aleppo that affected about 100 people. Aleppo Police Chief Essam al-Shali told Syrian state TV that the suspected chemical attack hit the al-Khalidiya neighborhood and affected at least two other areas in the city. Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the stench of gas filled the city. Doctors told state TV that the victims had breathing problems and blurred vision.

Suicide bombers in Somalia killed a prominent Islamic leader and at least 17 of his followers on Monday for having music in their religious ceremonies, according to police. Two suicide bombers set off explosives in front of Sheikh Abdiweli Ali Elmi’s home, which also served as a Sufi shrine, said Ahmed Awale, a police official in the northern city of Galkayo. Four gunmen then stormed the building and opened fire. Awale said officials who responded to the incident killed three attackers and captured one alive.

All 27 remaining European Union leaders approved the Brexit agreement with the United Kingdom on Sunday, leaving confirmation from the British Parliament as the final step in the process. The EU countries agreed to the Brexit plan after British Ambassador to the EU Tim Barrow assured Spain in a letter that the British overseas territory of Gibraltar would get consent before any future trade deal. Spain had threatened not to back Brexit over Gibraltar, which it claims falls in its territory.

A 25-year-old U.S. Army Ranger died Saturday during combat operations against al-Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan, the U.S. Department of Defense confirmed Sunday. Army Sgt. Leandro A.S. Jasso sustained injuries from small arms fire during an operation in the remote southwest province of Nimruz, according to Army spokesman Lt. Col. Loren Bymer. Jasso was evacuated to a hospital in the neighboring Helmand province, where he died. He is the 10th U.S. service member killed this year in Afghanistan.

A suicide bombing at a mosque on an Afghan army base Friday killed at least 27 people and injured about 57. Worshippers had gathered for Friday prayers when the explosion ripped through the building in the country’s eastern Khost province. Sakhi Sardar, who heads a hospital in the region, said many of the injured sustained shrapnel wounds. Just as in an attack Tuesday on an Islamic gathering in Kabul, no group has claimed responsibility for this latest bombing.

Authorities in India on Friday continued to search for the body of John Allen Chau, an American Christian missionary who was killed by island tribesmen known for their hostility to outsiders. After several visits to North Sentinel Island late last week to share Christianity with the island’s inhabitants, Chau, 26, returned a final time Friday. According to his journal, he had survived an arrow shot by one of the younger tribesmen on an earlier visit, noting that the arrow hit a Bible he was holding before he fled. “Would it be wiser to leave and let someone else continue,” he wrote.

Armed separatists on Friday morning staged an hourlong shootout at the Chinese Consulate in the port city of Karachi, Pakistan, killing two police officers and two civilians. Witnesses reported hearing multiple blasts and gunshots before responding police officers killed all three assailants. Amir Shaikh, the Karachi police chief, said officers shot the attackers before they could enter the consulate building. Police identified the two civilian casualties as a father and son who were at the consulate to obtain visas.