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Chinese President Xi Jinping offered encouragement for North Korea's focus on economic development in a speech in Pyongyang, turning to a topic Beijing has long pressed with its communist neighbour...

Kim Jong Un and Chinese president Xi Jinping held broad discussions over the political situation surrounding the Korean Peninsula and called for stronger bilateral ties in the face of “serious...

New restrictions on access to internet pornography in the UK have been delayed - just a day after Irish politicians discussed copying the idea.

The Senate has voted to block the Trump administration from selling arms to Saudi Arabia, launching a new challenge to President Donald Trump's alliance with the country amid rising tensions...

Police have fired tear gas at protesters outside the Georgian national parliament after they tried to storm the building to demand the government's resignation.

Celebrity friends of Chanel's late designer Karl Lagerfeld have staged a final tribute to him in Paris.

Former England internationals Ray Parlour and John Barnes must have been delighted to get the call to host the first-round draw for the 2019/20 Carabao Cup.

Ukraine's constitutional court has ruled in favour of the president's order to dissolve the parliament and call snap elections.

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt will battle to become the next prime minister after Michael Gove was eliminated from the Tory leadership contest in the final round of voting by...

Russian officials have launched an operation to release nearly 100 illegally captured whales whose confinement in Russia's far east has become a rallying cry for environmentalists.

A secondary school has launched an investigation after pupils were asked to vote for the “best looking” male and female in year 9.

Investors piled into stock markets on Thursday following more dovish statements from central banks across the world.

A suspect in the shooting of former baseball star David Ortiz has been charged with drug and firearm possession in America.

The millionaire boss of a marketing firm at the centre of a £236 million savings scandal has been arrested.

At 103, Julia “Hurricane” Hawkins has cemented her title as the oldest woman to compete on an American track after finishing the 50 and 100-metre dashes at the National Senior...

The hunt is on for the two Tory MPs branded "numpties" for spoiling their ballot papers in the vote to elect the next prime minister.

President Donald Trump has said “Iran made a very big mistake” in shooting down a US drone, increasing tensions and talk of possible open conflict.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected charges against Russian citizens for their alleged roles in the downing of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over Ukraine five years ago.

Video released by Chelsea shows exactly how the players celebrated their Europa League final victory against Arsenal.

A prosthetic ear has been reunited with its owner after being found on a beach in Florida.

A dog is waiting for a new home after being seen sitting “patiently” by his owner's bed, not realising he had died.

Grey seals are able to form words and sing like humans, new research suggests.

There has been a surge in the number of people asking their Alexas to fart, after a video of two young boys and their grandfather went viral.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said his country is waiting for a desired response in stalled nuclear talks with the United States.

A RICH British businessman and his wealthy Austrian estranged wife have not halted a UK High Court fight over money following the breakdown of their three-year marriage, despite a judge...

SAJID Javid has been eliminated from the Tory leadership race as Boris Johnson again topped the ballot of Conservative MPs.

MICHAEL Gove has emerged as Boris Johnson's main rival for the Tory leadership after the latest round of voting by MPs.

Iran's shooting down of a US drone took place in international airspace and was an “unprovoked attack”, the American military has said.

The boss of Hargreaves Lansdown has said he is “angered” about the lack of resolution over the shutdown of investor Neil Woodford's flagship fund.

A FORMER US Marine held in Russia on suspicion of spying called on Ireland, America, Britain and Canada to help him as he appeared in court at an appeal hearing...

They may have your best interests at heart, but many parents are inveterate liars.

Two baby rabbits have been rescued by a police officer in New Mexico, USA, after they were found stranded from their mother.

An Alabama man wanted on drug and weapons charges has posted a video denying he fed methamphetamine to a so-called "attack squirrel" which he considers a pet.

Halfords bosses lost out on bonuses last year as the company's annual profits missed targets.

A Libyan commander whose forces are fighting to take the country's capital of Tripoli from militias allied with a UN-backed government based there has dismissed an initiative by its prime...

Americans prefer a space programme that focuses on potential asteroid impacts, scientific research and using robots to explore the cosmos over sending humans back to the moon or on to...

Neil Woodford-backed technology fund Allied Minds has appointed a new chairman as part of a board and strategy shake-up.

A Florida city has agreed to pay a ransom demand of $600,000 (€531,128) to hackers who took over its computer system.

The introduction of age verification measures on porn sites to prevent underage internet users in the UK seeing explicit content is expected to be delayed for a second time, it...

An Alabama man wanted on drug and weapons charges has posted a video denying he fed methamphetamine to a so-called “attack squirrel” which he considers a pet.