Atletico Madrid continue to chase La Liga leaders Barcelona after putting in a solid all-round performance to beat Athletic Bilbao 2-0 at the Wanda Metropolitano on Sunday.

Diego Costa scored a brace on Wednesday night to drag the match against the Champions League holders to extra-time before Koke and Saul Niguez struck to win the tie for Atletico Madrid.

Saul Niguez gave the hosts the lead in the fourth minute and defended well to keep out a dominant Liverpool in the second half. DOMINIC KING was there to rate the players' performances.

The Pyongyang strongman beamed as he led Xi on a stroll through the gardens of the city's state guest house and hosted a lunch with

The Australian student's business partner, Michelle Joyce, said she would 'be surprised' if he didn't return to the country despite the negative experience.

The Beijing-backed company, which has been blacklisted in the U.S. over fears of its possible role in Chinese espionage, is said to have worked on a range of projects in the secretive state over eight years.

Kaoru Hasuike and his girlfriend Yukiko spent 24 years as captives in North Korea, where he was forced to work training spies after being kidnapped from a Japanese beach.

Four aircraft are believed to have to have made the unusual move of flying missions over and around the Korean Peninsula between Tuesday and early Wednesday at the same time.

The dictatorship has threatened to take 'unspecified action' if sanctions are not lifted by 2020. Four US planes flew over the North Korean peninsula on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

North Korea has sent 500 Red Cross workers to its border with China to help with 'quarantine operations', even though the Hermit Kingdom officially reported having no coronavirus cases.

The trip by the Chinese doctors and officials comes amid conflicting reports about the health of the North Korean leader.

The North Korean dictator, 36, who was last seen in public on April 11, has been reported to have died by a Hong Kong Satellite Television director.

The stars will be raising funds to support and raise awareness for the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization (WHO)​, which is powered by the ​UN Foundation.

The failures of the 2017 project appear to have inspired Katy Perry, based on the reflective lyrics of her forthcoming song Smile.

The 36-year-old was scathing to Josh Addo Carr, Latrell Mitchell and Nathan Cleary after footage of them ignoring social distancing measures was posted on social media last week.

As Justin Bieber and wife Hailey embrace social distancing, the pair have been regularly hosting a laid-back talk show Live With Biebs on Instagram with A-list guests, including Kendall Jenner.

Kim Kardashian shared a flashback image to her Instagram page on Friday where she was on the set of her KKW Fragrance photo shoot. Looking back at the camera, Kim was in a beige.

Every year, some 5.25 trillion new pieces of plastic debris are thrown into the ocean, much of which ends up being eaten by manta rays and whale sharks according to a new study from Indonesia.

Six-month-old Alif Putr died in surgery on Tuesday morning, but was being held by M Djamil Hospital in Padang, Indonesia, until his parents paid the 25 million rupiahs ($1,774 or £1,370) owed.

The hapless reptile - thought to be a critically-endangered Siamese crocodile - was first spotted in 2016 in a river running through central Sulawesi's capital, Palu, in Indonesia.

Scientists have warned the Indian Ocean Dipole will come into effect from December and 'suck out' Australia's potential rainfall and cooler temperatures.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Ganjar Pranowo, governor of Central Java province in Indonesia, has vowed to end the dog meat trade after cruel practices were uncovered by activists.

Dani tribe live in the isolated Baliem Valley in West Papua, Indonesia. Macabre traditions iclude greasing mummified bodies with pork fat and removing the fingertips of a tribeswoman.

The Danish royal was greeted by Princess Mangkubumi as she arrived at the palace in Java on Wednesday, wearing the calf-length gown.

A deadly swine disease has been identified in Indonesia, which could wipe out the entirety of Australia's pork industry. 

Police and military personnel will be deployed to secure Christmas and New Year's Eve celebrations across the country and focused on predominantly Christian regions like Papua.

The images of the Korowai people of West Papua, Indonesia, show the almost naked tribesmen feasting on live bugs and protecting and repairing their rudimentary tree buildings.

Rafflesia tuan-mudae has large petals and blossomed in the Indonesian rainforest before dying after just a week.

William Cabantog and David Van Iersel were found guilty after being accused of having 1.12 grams of the drug at the Lost City nightclub in Canggu in July.

Reynahrd Sinaga (pictured) lived in a scruffy flat close to Manchester's gay village, but would boast of his wealthy family's luxury lifestyle back home in Indonesia.

Reynhard Sinaga's father Saibun Sinaga has said the family accept the verdict,. After his son was jailed in Manchester on Monday. Sinaga is pictured with his father.

Official figures to be released this week reveal a record 1.23 million Australians traveled to Bali in 2019, a 5.4% increase from the previous year.

The former British Prime Minister will be among several high profile figures sitting on a board of advisers for the £26billion plan headed by the crown prince of Abu Dhabi.

Two Papuan activists on trial for treason in Indonesia's capital decried what they described as 'racism' after the Jakarta court on Monday ordered them to remove traditional penis gourds.

Three fishermen offered a life ring to a digger driver who was stuck on a flooded barge in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. He wades through the sea minutes before the dredger breaks in half.

Six Chinese nationals who tried to travel to the Australian mainland on a boat they hired in Indonesia have triggered a biosecurity operation over coronavirus fears. 

The evacuees were greeted by a crew in yellow hazmat suits when they disembarked from their Batik Air Indonesia flight at Hang Nadim International Airport in Batam on Sunday.

The World Health Organisation has urged the nation to improve surveillance, case detection and preparations at appointed health facilities in case the deadly disease comes ashore.

The shocking images coming out of the Indonesian island accompany stories of struggling businesses that have been forced to cut staff.

Authorities in Palu, Central Sulawesi, launched the 'pluck a tyre off the croc' contest in January as part of a desperate attempt to free the 13-foot reptile who has worn the necklace since 2016.

Twenty luwaks - a species of cat-like civets - were found living in cramped and filthy wire cages in a backyard farm in Bali, Indonesia, without access to food or water, and in the full glare of the sun.

Matt Wright is on the Palu River on Central Sulawesi in northern Indonesia with his right-hand-man Chris Wilson to try and capture a four-metre long crocodile with a tyre around its neck.

Indonesia is yet to report any confirmed cases of the virus outbreak which has spread across the globe in recent weeks and seen the death toll rise to more than 1700.

Australian wildlife expert Matt Wright has failed in his first attempt to rescue an Indonesian crocodile which has had a tyre stuck around its neck for years.

A disease expert from Harvard University in Boston said it is 'very unlikely' that there have genuinely been no cases in Indonesia because it is visited by thousands of Chinese travellers.

Sitti Hikmawatty, commissioner for health, made the extraordinary claims during an interview last week. Hikmawatty - whose name translates as 'wisdom' - has apologised for her comments.

Five people have died, three are missing and thousands were forced from their homes after severe floods in Jakarta while an earthquake also rattled the country today.

Sitti Hikmawatty, an Indonesian child protection commissioner who said women can get pregnant without penetration if a man ejaculates in a swimming pool, is now facing punishment.

A school in Indonesia has expelled two senior students after they force-fed 77 younger pupils human faeces with a spoon in an incident at a Catholic seminary school in the south of the country.

Eight people on a small boat seeking entry into Australia have been sent back to Indonesia, after being intercepted by border control authorities.