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Han Tae Song, ambassador of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to the UN in Geneva, was addressing the UN-sponsored Conference on Disarmament two days after his country detonated its sixth nuclear test explosion.

The China-hosted BRICS Summit in Xiamen was micromanaged to the smallest detail to portray Xi Jinping as a wise and benevolent world leader but Kim Jong Un stole the spotlight by detonating a hydrogen bomb on Sunday, just as he did in May when the North c...

An international rights group this week had filed war crimes charged against Jayasuriya in Brazil and Columbia.

Tumen city, which sits just across the river from Namyang in North Korea, has an economy closely intertwined with its unpredictable neighbour.

At first, Townsend said his belief stemmed from a lack of evidence he had seen "rumor or otherwise" that al-Baghdadi was dead. But, he then added: "There are also some indicators in intelligence channels that he's alive." Townsend did not elaborate on the...

Some 779,000 Texans have been ordered to evacuate their homes and another 980,000 fled voluntarily amid concerns that swollen reservoirs and rivers could bring new flooding, according to Department of Homeland Security acting Secretary Elaine Duke.

Princess Diana was killed aged 36 on August 31, 1997, when her limousine crashed in a tunnel as it sped away from paparazzi giving chase on motorbikes.

Princess Diana's death at the age of 36 prompted the biggest outpouring of grief seen in Britain in recent times and is regarded as a key turning point in how the royal family relates to the public.

Nemo, a labrador-griffon cross, made his first public appearance on the steps of the Elysee Palace as Macron welcomed Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou.

he man, who is in his mid-twenties according to the police, was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and assault on police near Queen Elizabeth's London residence.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders was responding to questions on why the US President think drawing closer to India will prompt the Pakistanis to play a constructive role rather than becoming defensive and playing more into a strategy of giving ha...

The arrest came little under a week after twin car-bomb attacks in Spain killed 15 people, in attacks claimed by the Islamic State group.

United States Central Command (CENTCOM) commander General Joseph Votel this week led a delegation to Pakistan. This was General Votel's third visit to Pakistan as commander.

Russia's Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said it had established the attacker's identity, saying he was a local resident born in 1994, and that they were looking into "his possible psychiatric disorders".

The two ships, "Andasheng" and "Xindongyuan", belonged to companies from north China's Hebei Province and east China's Anhui Province, respectively.

Trump would take a final decision on this at an appropriate time, the White House said, without divulging the details of the meeting.