US technology giant Apple signs a deal to bring its iPhone to China Mobile - the world's largest carrier with over 760 million subscribers.

Iran says talks with world powers on the implementation of an accord on the country's nuclear programme are making "slow progress".

Hundreds of Afghan asylum seekers set up a protest camp in the Belgian town of Mons, demanding to meet Prime Minister Elio di Rupo.

Thai anti-government protesters surround a stadium where candidates were due to register for February's elections, in a bid to disrupt the polls.

A new anti-corruption party in India is set to form the government in the capital, Delhi, after a surprisingly strong showing in recent state polls.

An ice storm brings snow and freezing rain to Toronto and much of eastern Canada, causing severe disruption and leaving many without power.

Maria Alyokhina, a member of Russian punk bank Pussy Riot, has been freed early from prison under an amnesty, her lawyer says.

A British Airways plane carrying more than 200 people hits an office building while preparing to take off from Johannesburg in South Africa.