North Korea's senior envoy to a leading UN disarmament body says his country "categorically" rejects a Security Council resolution imposing new sanctions over its nuclear and missile programmes.

The UN Security Council has unanimously approved new sanctions on North Korea.

Thousands of family members carrying framed pictures of their loved ones and wearing white ribbons of mourning arrived at Ground Zero today to mark the fourth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack that killed 2,749 people.

Firefighters exhausted from dealing with loyalist rioting in Belfast today stood in silent tribute to 9/11 terrorist attack victims in New York.