Several local papers join national broadsheets on the winners' list of the 2015 Pulitzer Prizes, US journalism's top awards.

The round-the-world, fuel-free aeroplane, Solar Impulse, head to Nanjing to prepare for an epic Pacific crossing.

South Korea's Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo offers to resign after facing accusations of accepting bribes.

Police in Australia charge a third teenager, Harun Causevic, with terrorism-related offences after weekend raids in Melbourne.

The US sends an aircraft carrier to boost its patrols off Yemen, amid suspicions an Iranian naval convoy is carrying arms intended for Yemeni Houthi rebels.

An Indonesian court sentences a US man to 18 years in jail for killing the mother of his girlfriend and hiding her body in a suitcase.

South Africa to deploy army to deal with anti-immigrant violence after wave of attacks, defence minister says.

A judge in New York issues a writ of habeas corpus in a case brought by animal rights activists trying to free two chimpanzees.