Worshippers clutching AR-15 rifles have drunk holy wine and exchanged wedding vows in a commitment ceremony at a Pennsylvania-based church.

The Trump administration has escalated pressure on North Korea by slapping sanctions on scores of companies and ships accused of illicit trading with the pariah nation.

In an extraordinary show of unexpected unity, North and South Korea sat side by side yesterday under exploding fireworks that represented peace, not destruction, as the 2018 Winter Olympics opened on a Korean Peninsula riven by generations of anger,

US President Donald Trump has urged North Korea to "make a deal" to rein in its nuclear weapons programme.

President Donald Trump said efforts to curb North Korea's nuclear weapons programme would be "front and centre" of his two-day visit to South Korea and he projected optimism that the rising tensions could be calmed.

The UN Security Council was called into emergency session today after North Korea conducted its longest-ever test flight of a ballistic missile.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for talks with North Korea, saying sanctions are not a solution to the country's nuclear and missile development.

Seoul will consider sending a special envoy to North Korea if Pyongyang stops its missile and nuclear tests, South Korea's president has said.

America's top military officer has told his counterparts in South Korea that the United States is ready to use the "full range" of its military capabilities to defend itself and its allies from any North Korean provocation.

North Korea has test-launched a ballistic missile that landed in the Sea of Japan.

Moon Jae-in has taken the oath of office in Seoul hours after starting work as South Korea's new president.

Liberal candidate Moon Jae-in has declared victory in South Korea's presidential election after his two major rivals conceded defeat.

Exeter 31 Ulster 19: Ulster boss Les Kiss cut a frustrated figure as his side’s hopes of reaching the European Champions Cup quarter-finals ended in England’s West Country last night.

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SCOTLAND: Tailbacks were caused on a motorway yesterday “due to a dog taking control of a tractor”.

PAKISTAN: A motorcyclist has been arrested in the city of Lahore after police caught him riding naked along a busy road, days after a video of his exploits went viral on social media.

Two judges on the New Zealand version of the X Factor were fired last night after being accused of bullying a contestant live on air.

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The topsy turvy state of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe market was thrown into further chaos after Sea The Moon lost his unbeaten record to Ivanhowe in the Longines – Grosser Preis von Baden at Baden Baden yesterday.

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If proof were needed of the long shadow cast by the Everly Brothers, consider the sound of Donegal’s musical siblings: The Henry Girls.

Colin Farrell and Paula Patton are in talks to star in a 'World of Warcraft' movie.

First reserve Cry For The Moon got into the featured Ladbrokes’ Handicap Hurdle at Killarney yesterday and then ran his rivals ragged.

South Africa’s national broadcaster says it will go ahead with screening a reality TV show featuring Reeva Steenkamp.

Matt Lapinskas has hinted he could return to 'EastEnders'.

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Park Geun-hye, daughter of a divisive military strongman from South Korea's authoritarian era, has been elected the country's first female president in a landmark win that could mean a new drive to start talks with rival North Korea.

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Tens of thousands of mourners sobbed, sang, prayed and vowed to cherish the Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s teachings today as they said goodbye to their self-proclaimed messiah and “True Father,” whose death earlier this month shed light again on his controversial religious and business empire.

Tens of thousands of tearful mourners have gathered for the funeral of the Rev Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the controversial Unification Church who built a multi-billion business empire stretching from the Korean Peninsula to the United States.

The Unification Church declared 13 days of mourning today for its controversial founder the Rev Sun Myung Moon.

The Unification Church said the Reverend Sun Myung Moon’s condition has worsened and he will be moved to a church-owned hospital near his home.

Unification Church founder the Rev Sun Myung Moon is fighting for his life in hospital, suffering from pneumonia.

THE FIRST thing you see when you walk into the James Bond exhibition Designing 007 — 50 Years of Bond Style, in London, is a dead body, a naked, gold, female dead body, face down on a bed.

Connections of Sea Moon are quite optimistic about the future despite the four-year-old’s defeat in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

AT Blackrock Castle Observatory tonight, the Buzz Aldrin All Stars perform a live sound-track to Spanish artist Esperenza Collado’s series of film loops, Moon.

Black Caviar will command all the attention at Royal Ascot this afternoon but unless you’re a big punter or a price-starved Australian used to looking at odds as short as 1-33, she’s unlikely to make any appeal from a punting perspective.

The head of the UN Ban Ki-moon has called directly on the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to halt the on-going bloodshed in the country.

North Korea vowed today to uphold Kim Jong Il’s son as “supreme commander” as the campaign to install the young man as the next leader of the socialist nation gained pace one week after his father’s death.

Joseph O’Brien became the youngest rider to ever win a Breeders’ Cup race as he steered his father Aidan’s St Nicholas Abbey to a famous success in the Turf at Churchill Downs.

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David Essex is to make his mark on Albert Square as 'EastEnders' character Eddie Moon.