A 17-year-old boy is charged with four counts of first-degree murder after shootings - one of them at a school - in Canada's western Saskatchewan province.

The South Korean island of Jeju sees its biggest snowfall in three decades, causing flights to be cancelled, while temperatures in Hong Kong drop to a 59-year low.

Egyptian prosecutors are reported to have referred eight museum employees for trial over a botched reattachment of the beard on the burial mask of the pharaoh, Tutankhamun.

Talks have begun between Chile and the widow of an American billionaire over the donation of a vast nature reserve in southern Chile.

Tens of thousands of people march in cities across Italy, demanding legal recognition for same-sex couples.

Rio de Janeiro authorities announce plans to prevent the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus during the Olympic Games later this year.

The conservative chief of Vietnam's Communist Party, Nguyen Phu Trong, will be the only candidate for the post at a key party congress, state media report.

Jordanian border guards have shot dead 12 suspected smugglers who tried to cross into the country from Syria, the military says.