There have been no injuries or casualties reported after a train derailed in the Canadian province of Alberta.
According to a government spokesperson, nearby residents were evacuated for fear of chemical exposure.
Road and highway access were also disrupted as local police and firefighters worked to move the train.
The incident caused part of the Trans-Canada highway to be shut down.
Several people injured in sword attack at Swedish high school
Several people were injured on Friday at a Swedish high school by a person armed with a sword, the Fagersta municipality in central Sweden said in a statement.
Pakistan ex-PM Khan medically fit, taken back to prison, minister says
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan is medically fit and back in jail after being examined by a team of doctors in a hospital overnight, the country's information minister said on Friday.
Ebola spreading exponentially in Congo as death toll tops 2,500, UN says
More than 2,500 people have now died in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak, which is spreading exponentially in an area larger than France, senior United Nations Ebola coordinator Julien Harneis said on Friday.
Strong earthquake strikes central Peru
An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 hit central Peru on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said, although authorities reported no immediate casualties or damage.
At least 50 killed as overloaded boat capsizes in Nigeria
At least 50 people, mostly children, died after an overloaded boat capsized on Thursday in Nigeria's northwest Sokoto state, witnesses said.
