News Digest: World's Oldest Man Nonaka Dies in Japan;Ten UN Peacekeepers Killed in Attack on Mali's Aguelhoc Camp
1. Ten UN peacekeepers killed in attack on Mali's Aguelhoc camp
Ten UN peacekeepers from Chad have been killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants in northern Mali, the UN says.
Another 25 Chadian troops were injured when the gunmen stormed the UN camp in Aguelhok early on Sunday. The attack was repelled, the UN says.
The UN mission in Mali was set up in 2013 to fight Islamist militias operating in the country.
Militants have regularly attacked UN and Malian troops since then.
Al-Qaeda's North-African branch, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, said it carried out the latest attack, local media report.
Large swathes of northern Mali were seized by jihadists in 2012 until they were pushed back in a French-led military operation the following year.
2. Israel strikes Iranian targets in Syria - military
Israel's military says it has started hitting Iranian targets in Syria.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says its operation is against the Quds Force - elite units of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
It provided no details. But there are reports of strikes around the Syrian capital Damascus early on Monday.
Syrian media say air defences have repelled "an Israeli aerial attack". On Sunday the IDF said it had intercepted a rocket over the Golan Heights.
3. DR Congo election: African leaders congratulate Tshisekedi
Two African presidents have congratulated Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi for winning last month's presidential poll, despite the African Union saying it had "serious doubts" about the result.
The constitutional court ruled that Mr Tshisekedi had won after rejecting a challenge from rival Martin Fayulu.
He said Mr Tshisekedi made a deal with outgoing President Joseph Kabila.
Mr Tshisekedi's team denies this.
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta and South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa both sent their congratulations.
4. World's oldest man Nonaka dies in Japan
"World's oldest man" Masazo Nonaka, who was born just two years after the Wright brothers launched humanity's first powered flight, died on Sunday aged 113, Japanese media said.
Nonaka was born in July 1905, according to Guinness World Records — just months before Albert Einstein published his special theory of relativity.
5.Greek wunderkind knocks Federer out of Australian Open
The bid by Roger Federer for a hat-trick of Australian Open titles was crushed on Sunday as Greek wunderkind Stefanos Tsitsipas rose up to floor the Swiss master.
Tsitsipas thus becomes his nation's first Grand Slam quarter-finalist.
In a match pitting the oldest and youngest players left in the men’s draw, the 20-year-old Tsitsipas overhauled Federer 6-7(11) 7-6(3) 7-5 7-6(5) under the lights of Rod Laver Arena.