Thirteen schoolchildren aged nine and 10 are confirmed to have died after a fire broke out in a school dormitory in central China, the country's Xinhua state news agency reported.
Italian social media creators could soon be bound by the same rules as traditional media outlets when posting their content online.
Yemen's Houthis have targeted a US-owned vessel in the Gulf of Aden after Washington said it will re-designate the group as "global terrorists".
Apple now has the lion's share of the global smartphone market, knocking Samsung off the top spot for the first time in 12 years.
A Portuguese dog named Bobi made headlines last year when he was crowned the world's oldest dog ever by Guinness World Records (GWR) - beating a previous record that stood for a century.
Iran's Revolutionary Court has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi to an additional 15 months in prison.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is to visit Uganda to attend the Non-Alligned Summit scheduled to be held in the Ugandan capital of Kampala. He is expected to fly straight to Uganda after his visit to Switzerland.
Artificial intelligence is set to affect nearly 40% of all jobs, according to a new analysis by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin remains in hospital in "good condition" following treatment for prostate cancer, the Pentagon has said.