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The US treasury department places travel restrictions on two key North Korean technocrats.

A North Korean soldier who defected is said to have anthrax antibodies in his system, raising fears in Seoul over its weapons capabilities.

A new Isis propaganda video calls on lone wolves to launch attacks on revellers celebrating Christmas and New Year's Eve in the West.

Trump was referencing the unverified allegations that he had colluded with Russian intelligence before the US election to sabotage Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

Paolo Duterte stepped down as Davao city's vice mayor on Christmas day after months of accusations that he was involved in illegal drug trade.

The government has promised to find all the missing people amid concerns that the victims could be subjected to enforced detentions.

The six heroes, who starred in photographer Josh Rossi's Justice League-special shoot, have all been dealing with different medical conditions.

Two years after being detained, Wu Gan was found guilty of subverting state power, spreading false information and insulting people online.

Shocked by the massive amount, Horomanski reached out to her son about the billion-dollar utility bill, who took the matter up with the electricity providers.

Tantray of the Jaish-e-Mohammad militant group is said to have masterminded several attacks in the past six months in Kashmir.

Argentina's navy called off the search for the ARA San Juan 15 days after the submarine went missing with 44 crew members on board.

The Florida-based man claimed the gift was in response to Donald Trump's tax bill which he described as a Christmas gift to the American people.

The pair fell 80ft from a bridge near the remote nuclear city of Seversk and crashed into the thick ice.

A Washington DC teacher is accusing United Airlines of bumping her from her first class seat to upgrade US Representative Sheila Jackson Lee.

At least four people were killed Christmas Day when a Moscow bus mowed down pedestrians near Slavyansky Boulevard station.

A Vatican gendarme intercepted her and she was detained. Femen's website identified her as Alisa Vinogradova and called her a "sextremist".

Erica Garner, who has become an advocate against police brutality since her father's death in 2014, has been put on life support in a Brooklyn hospital ICU.

"Those who believe in Islam should avoid participation in such celebrations," says the Islamic leader in his decree.

The South Korean military is reportedly considering redesigning the decks on the new warship to ensure F-35B fighters can be operated.

The US president was heard telling one child on the phone to visit him in Washington and to come and meet him in the Oval Office.

Jacob Coker's father has a blood condition that doctors have been unable to diagnose and it has had him in and out of the hospital for two years.

Opposition figure Alexey Navalny says he has the public support to run in Russia's presidential election against Vladimir Putin.

Donald Trump's former strategist Steve Bannon raised sexual misconduct claims about Donald Trump and a 13-year-old girl in a Vanity Fair interview where he criticised Ivanka.

The girl, Maggie was unable to hear clearly as she was born with two birth defects that left her without a fully formed right ear or eardrum.

Families reunite on the festive occasion and decorate the Christmas tree with colourful twinkling lights.

The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to impose tougher sanctions on the Kim Jong-un-led nation in response to its latest intercontinental ballistic missile test.

Many of the victims of the blaze at the Davao shopping centre were suspected of being trapped in a call centre office in the building.

Copenhagen police said a drug dealer carrying a stash of marijuana had a surprise when he mistakenly climbed into a police car.

Pakistani fire kills 4 Indian soldiers along disputed border of Kashmir as tensions between two countries over Himalayan region escalate.