The U.S. military handed over to Iraq the Camp Cropper detention facility Thursday, calling the moment a milestone in Iraq's history and another step in the drawdown of U.S. forces there.
BP's Kent Wells said that for the first time in months no oil was flowing into the Gulf of Mexico. This was part of a test to see how a cap on a ruptured well is holding.
A Libyan-backed ship carrying humanitarian goods for Gaza has instead unloaded its aid in a northern Egyptian port after its captain was persuaded to dock elsewhere.