China's economy grew by 6.9% in 2015, compared with 7.3% a year earlier, marking its slowest growth in 25 years.

Mexican actress Kate del Castillo, who set up a meeting between drug baron Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman" and Hollywood star Sean Penn, is called in for questioning.

The UN says the violence suffered by civilians in Iraq "remains staggering", with at least 18,800 killed and 3.2 million displaced since 2014.

The Israeli military is temporarily banning Palestinian workers from Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, following two stabbings in two days.

Prosecutors in the United Arab Emirates issue arrest warrants for two men who posted a video online showing them dancing "outrageously" in military uniforms.

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos enacts a law that imposes tougher sentences on the perpetrators of acid attacks, a major concern in the country.

An Amnesty report into child labour in cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo raises questions for electronic firms.

At least 10 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack close to a police checkpoint in north-western Pakistan, police say.