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In a later statement carried by KCNA, Chief of the General Staff Pak Jong Chon said the tests were designed to bolster North Korea's defences by developing new weapons.

Police have covered more than 900 protests since June and worked overtime only in 'inevitable circumstances', the government's security bureau said in a written response to questions from pro-democracy lawmakers.

While Donald Trump congratulated Boris Johnson on his victory, EU leaders warned of the challenges ahead in securing a trade deal with the bloc after it leaves on January 31.

The Brexit divorce represents Britain's biggest political and economic gamble since World War Two, cutting the world's fifth largest economy adrift from the vast trading bloc and testing the integrity of the United Kingdom.

India's remarks came after Pakistan raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir and made references to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the UN General Assembly.

Originating in India and practiced in Thailand for centuries, the massage was popularised when a specialty school opened in the 1960s to train massage therapists from around the world.

An exit poll and early results showed Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party were set for a resounding victory in Britain's election, allowing him to deliver Brexit on January 31.

Hafiz Saeed was indicted by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court along with three of his close aides on terror financing charges. ATC Judge directed the prosecution to produce witnesses and adjourned the hearing till Thursday.

The presidential office, however, said there is no sign that Bolsonaro has a cancer, adding that the president had been to a hospital in Brasilia in the afternoon.

A senior US defence official said the move was intended to allow for a broader review of security procedures that would eventually apply to all of some 5,000 international military students in the United States.

Sydney choked in some of the worst pollution seen in the city on Tuesday as more than 100 fires raged across the east coast, turning the daytime sky orange, obscuring visibility and disrupting public transport services as air quality plunged.

The truck driver, a 42-year-old US citizen, was arrested on suspicion of human smuggling, a Customs and Border Protection statement said.

6 people were killed in explosion at White Island, which lies some 50 km (30 miles) off the mainland, with another eight missing and presumed dead and 30 injured.

The Democrats charged President Trump with two articles of impeachment, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress by pressing his Ukraine counterpart for help in attacking his rivals in the 2020 election.

The long-awaited report, issued on Monday, rejected theories and criticism spread by Trump and his supporters, though it also found 'serious performance failures' up the bureau's chain of command.

Musharraf, who has been living in Dubai since March 2016, has maintained that owing to his deteriorating health, multiple life-threatening ailments and of his aged mother, he is unable to return to Pakistan.