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.

Police dashcam captures the moment a house is blown to pieces as police attend the scene of a car hitting a residential gas line in a southern US city.