US President Donald Trump has presented his long-awaited Middle East peace plan, promising to keep Jerusalem as Israel's undivided capital.
The death toll from the new coronavirus now stands at 106, as cases of new infections have almost doubled in a day, Chinese authorities said.
The number of people killed in China by the coronavirus has risen to 80, with almost 3,000 confirmed ill.
US basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna are among nine people killed in a helicopter crash in the city of Calabasas, California.
A new coronavirus that has spread to almost 2,000 people is infectious in its incubation period - before symptoms show - making it harder to contain, Chinese officials say.
At least 21 people have been killed and more than 1,000 injured in a powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey.
The death toll from a newly-discovered coronavirus in China has risen to 41 on the day of the Lunar New Year.
China has widened a lockdown in Hubei province - the centre of the coronavirus outbreak - as the death toll climbed to 26.
An air tanker has crashed in a fireball while fighting bushfires in Australia, killing the three people on board.
Russia's unmanned Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon after spinning out of control, officials say.
Donald Trump has confirmed that he will not take part in Republican presidential debates with his rivals in the race for the White House.