A Chinese rocket Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) sent three satellites into space in its first commercial mission on Monday. ....

Four people were killed in a riot at a jail in Brazil on Sunday, the nation's third deadly prison uprising in a week. ....

China's anti-corruption body has stepped up its aggressive plan to purge internal government graft after more than three years of campaigning, during which time it has punished government officers, military and business leaders. ....

A man suspected of shooting and wounding a US consular agent in Mexico's Guadalajara city has been arrested, Mexican officials said. ....

Iran's former President and leading reformer Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died of heart disease on Sunday, local media reported. He was 82. ....

US President Barack Obama said his successor Donald Trump and he are "opposites in some ways" but admitted that both have a high degree of "confidence" in themselves. ....

Heavy snowfall and bad weather conditions forced Turkey's flagship airline company Turkish Airlines to cancel 633 domestic and international flights, with Istanbul particularly affected on Sunday. ....

US President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed he will hold his first meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May this year, saying he was "very much" looking forward to it. ....

Chinese Coast Guard vessels on Sunday patrolled the disputed waters of the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea, a move certain to rile up Japan. ....

At least 11 people were killed and 25 others injured on Sunday in a suicide car bombing Iraq's capital Baghdad, police said. ....