Turkish consulate in Mosul targeted in rocket attack, causing damage but no casualties, Iraqi and Turkish sources said.

The Green Zone of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, home to the US embassy, and the Balad Air Base, where US troops are stationed, have come under mortar shell and rocket attacks, respectively, police sources say.

The Afghan security forces have thwarted militants bid to carry out a rocket attack on Kabul city, the security authorities said late on Sunday.