*)Ceasefire begins in Syria's Idlib
A new ceasefire in Idlib province has been agreed upon by Turkey and Russia.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin reached the agreement in Moscow after six hours of talks.
The new deal will also see joint Turkish and Russian patrols and a 6-km security corridor on either side of Idlib's strategically important M4 highway.
*)Countries urged to do more to contain spread of virus
The World Health Organization says global leaders must not give up trying to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
Almost 100,000 people have been infected globally, with the death toll exceeding 3,300.
The vast majority of cases are in China, followed by South Korea, Italy and Iran.
*)US slams ICC authorising inquiry into Afghanistan war crimes
The US has slammed the International Criminal Court's decision to investigate crimes committed during the Afghan war.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called the court “renegade and unlawful” for bringing the ruling days after the US signed a deal with the Taliban.
On Thursday, the ICC overturned an earlier rejection on the inquiry and authorised an investigation into the Taliban, the Afghan army and US military forces.
*)Dubai's ruler abducted daughters, threatened former wife – UK court
A British judge has ruled that Dubai's ruler ordered the kidnapping of two of his daughters and waged a campaign of intimidation and harassment against his former wife.
The ruling follows a long custody battle between Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum and his sixth and youngest wife, Princess Haya.
The court also found that Maktoum was responsible for abducting and forcibly returning two of his daughters from another marriage.
And finally,
*) Seventh grader names NASA’s new Mars rover 'Perseverance'
NASA's latest Mars rover has been named 'Perseverance' by a seventh-grade student.
Alexander Mather's essay was picked from 28,000 others in a special NASA competition.
'Perseverance' is scheduled to land on Mars next February.