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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversaw a test of a high-thrust solid-fuel engine for intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) capable of reaching targets around the globe, touting the development as elevating the country’s “strategic military power to the highest level”, state media said on Sunday. The test of the engine made of composite carbon fibre material produced a maximum thrust of 2,500 kilonewtons, up from 1,971 kilonewtons recorded during a similar experiment last September, the...

Four people have been injured in a multi-vehicle collision in Hong Kong’s Kowloon City after a van mounted a pavement and crashed into a wall. Police received a report at 8.34am on Sunday that a driver of a van travelling along Prince Edward Road West towards Mong Kok had lost control near the traffic lights at Earl Street, grazing a truck and a coach before crashing into the back of a car. The force of the impact propelled the van onto the pavement, where it came to a halt after hitting the...

Is it really a lifelong pledge of loyalty? BBC Sport asks whether a fan can really stop supporting their football team.

Is it really a lifelong pledge of loyalty? BBC Sport asks whether a fan can really stop supporting their football team.

Is it really a lifelong pledge of loyalty? BBC Sport asks whether a fan can really stop supporting their football team.

Is it really a lifelong pledge of loyalty? BBC Sport asks whether a fan can really stop supporting their football team.

Is it really a lifelong pledge of loyalty? BBC Sport asks whether a fan can really stop supporting their football team.

Is it really a lifelong pledge of loyalty? BBC Sport asks whether a fan can really stop supporting their football team.

Below the waves off Germany's northern tourist beaches, a toxic time bomb lurks on the Baltic Sea floor -- enormous quantities of World War II munitions that are slowly rusting away.

Iran claimed on Sunday attacks on two major aluminium plants in the Gulf, further raising the economic stakes of the Middle East war after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis joined the conflict.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the ground test of an upgraded rocket engine, state media reported on Sunday, marking another key step in its weapons programme.

It comes amid speculation of an impending ground invasion