1. The leader of a militant group affiliated to the so-called Free Syrian Army is killed by the government forces in Syria’s western province of Latakia.
2. Iran’s first vice president, in a meeting with the Turkish president, calls for closer cooperation between Tehran and Ankara in fighting terrorism.
3. A bomb explosion targeting a crowded market in a mainly Shia area of northwest Pakistan's leaves at least 16 people dead and 50 others wounded.