China expresses serious concern to Washington and Seoul, saying moving the US military's controversial THAAD anti-missile defence system into South Korea will only worsen tensions in the region.

Mexico reacts with anger to a Trump administration plan to deport non-Mexican illegal immigrants over their border if they entered the US from the southern neighbouring nation.

Iraqi forces capture Mosul airport hours after launching a major offensive against Islamic State militants, who control the western half of the city, state television reports.

German authorities arrest a suspected Islamist in connection with an attack on a bus carrying players of one of the country's top football teams, a spokeswoman for the Federal Prosecutor's Office says.

A spirited Hillary Clinton takes on the Trump administration in one of her first public speeches since she lost the US presidential election, criticising everything from health care to the shortage of women appointees in top positions.