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. ....

Four suspects involved in October 9 attack in Maungtaw region of Myanmar's northern Rakhine state, have been arrested, the country's state-run media reported on Sunday. ....

he Iraq war veteran who killed five persons at the Fort Lauderdale airport in the US state of Florida "came specifically to carry out this horrific attack", authorities have said. ....

Former Portuguese President Mario Soares died at the age of 92, two weeks after he was admitted to a hospital in Lisbon. ....

A US consular official was shot at in Guadalajara, the capital of Mexican state of Jalisco, the Prosecutor-General's Office (PGR) of Mexico has said. ....

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an "influence campaign" aimed at hurting Hillary Clinton and helping Donald Trump win in the 2016 presidential election, the US intelligence has revealed in a unclassified report. ....