Residents living near the 'forbidden city' in Pyongyang have been faced with the measure to stop them snooping on Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un as he works (file photo).

The Mount Kumgang resort was opened in 1998 to encourage cross-border tourism but the arrangement ended in acrimony when a South Korean tourist was shot dead by a soldier there.

North Korea on Friday lashed out at former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, calling him a 'rabid dog' who was showing signs of 'the final stage of dementia'.

Defense experts have warned Kim will carry out a nuclear missile test, but Trump told reporters at Mar-a-Lago last night: 'I hope his Christmas present is a beautiful vase. That's what I'd like a vase.'

Donald Trump asked South Korea's national security adviser to relay a happy birthday message to Kim Jong-un, who is thought to have turned 36 this week, during a meeting in Washington.

Donald Trump began his Las Vegas rally by parading 14 of the Miracle on Ice 1980 Winter Olympics ice hockey team on stage on the eve of the 40th anniversary of their shocking win.

Kim Yo Jong, the younger sibling of the North Korean leader, criticised South Korea's presidential Blue House for expressing strong concerns over the North's firing drills.

President Donald Trump said Monday he 'can't talk about' what he knows about the condition of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, but wished Kim well.

President Donald Trump on Thursday continued his series of cryptic comments on the health and well-being of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.

North Korean state media broadcast images of Kim at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a fertiliser plant on the outskirts of Pyongyang on Friday, his first appearance since April 11.

JACK DOYLE: While the Tories realise that if they fail to deliver Brexit, they will be electorally dead, Labour is convinced that it must champion Remain voters to survive.

After securing the backing of MPs Boris Johnson is odds-on to become Britain's next Prime Minister. But he will have to juggle high expectations from all sides if he gets the keys to No. 10.

JACK DOYLE: The Cabinet Room in No 10 has two clocks. The more prominent one sits on a mantelpiece behind the Prime Minister's chair. The other was installed on the table opposite.

JACK DOYLE: To stop No Deal, Dominic Grieve is prepared to risk putting Jeremy Corbyn into Downing Street. That is the only logical conclusion from the threat he made on the Today programme.

JACK DOYLE: IN a burst of optimism characteristic of his leadership campaign, Boris Johnson insists he would break the Brexit deadlock and honour the result of the referendum.

The senior minister told the Daily Mail the Prime Minister would fight in court to try to find a way around the law forcing him to extend the October 31 Brexit deadline.

JACK DOYLE: With his bombastic battle-cry of 'Get Brexit Done', Boris Johnson left the conference stage to ecstatic applause. His first speech as PM was everything they hoped for.

JACK DOYLE: Rain's predicted for Thursday, and there's the chance of snow in Scotland. This could mean older, less mobile, Tory voters stay at home.

JACK DOYLE: In the red corner stands Jeremy Corbyn, a friend to Britain's enemies, whose hard-Left prospectus would lay waste to Britain's economy.

Throughout the campaign, Tory staff out on the road with Mr Johnson were always more optimistic than those based in London, because they saw at first hand the reception he got from the public.

'There is no doubt that Russia undertook an unprecedented effort to interfere with our 2016 elections,' the committee's top Republican and Democrat after a closed hearing on the issue.

The president poured gasoline on an already roaring political bonfire, suggesting he believes the FBI planted 'at least one' spy in his campaign in order to derail his White Houe aspirations.

President Trump is demanding his Justice Department examine whether his 2016 presidential campaign was 'infiltrated or surveilled' by the FBI, he announced on Sunday.

The Republican Party has paid half a million dollars to the law firm representing Hope Hicks, the former Trump aide who admitted she sometimes lied to help her then-boss Donald Trump.

Democrats and Republicans agree presidents should not pardon themselves and majorities of Americans in both parties believe Congress should impeach that president, poll finds.

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats is countering his boss, President Donald Trump, and doubling down on the assertion that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.

President Trump penned the tweet after what many had called the darkest day of his presidency following the guilty verdict against Paul Manafort and the guilty plea by Michael Cohen.

Former Donald Trump campaign foreign policy aide George Papadopoulos was sentenced to two weeks in jail Friday for lying to the FBI during the Russia probe.

George Papadopoulos. who tired to arrange a meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, said his testimony could help prove collusion.

An electronic billboard advertisement suggesting that President Donald Trump might be God 'in the flesh' was taken down in St. Louis, Missouri on Monday, after residents questioned its meaning.

Former Ecuadorian President Rafeal Correa has said he was aware WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was interfering with the 2016 US Presidential election from the embassy in London.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Sadio Mane, Mo Salah and Virgil Van Dijk have all been shortlisted for this year's Ballon d'Or, after the 30-man shortlist for the prestigious award was announced.

RICHARD KAY: For almost a week, Harry and Meghan have been dominating headlines in every corner of the world. Their astonishing decision to stand down from their duties and to leave...

RICHARD KAY: Boris Johnson remained stoically upright as he joined in the mass applause for the NHS and if the usual ebullience was missing there was at least a flicker of determination.

The Paralympic table tennis star, 31, who participated in the competition series with professional dancer Janette Manrara for six weeks, spoke to The Sun

Ministers and their special advisers are flatly refusing to work with Andrew Sabisky, 27, after he was found to have advocated extreme positions to enforce teenage contraception.

Andrew Sabisky, a self-described 'super-forecaster', answered Number 10's call for 'weirdos and misfits' but has prompted fury with his extreme views.

A leading global health scientist has said that it is 'very unrealistic' that the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will take place next year unless a vaccine is discovered by then. 

Pisces 20 FEB-20 MARCH With the Sun in your sign, and Mars accenting your dreams and desires, you have the key and the confidence - all you need is to unlock the door you've been dreaming of

Pisces 20 FEB-20 MAR Your ruler Neptune in your birth sign is not an easy influence because it makes you question things you take for granted

Aries 21 March-20 April There is only so much you can do alone - at some stage this week you'll have to recognise that you need advice from those more worldly or experienced.

Taurus 21 APRIL-21 MAY Abandon all attempts to interfere with other people's lives this week

The online giant will drop the gifts to the 10 Starlight Express Rooms in children's hospitals across Australia from Monday - and donate $5 from every toys bought to the charity.

Matthew D. Ellery, 29, of Middlesex, New Jersey on Friday pleaded guilty to possession of heroin and driving while intoxicated after another officer found him overdosing on heroin in his squad car on April 7.

Novak Djokovic went straight from his thrilling men's singles victory to the Wimbledon Champions' Dinner and a dance with ladies' winner Simona Halep, who said she was 'stressed' by the thought.

The four-year-old dog named Rock was bleeding from his mouth and his pupils were heavily dilated when he returned to his home in Matamata, in New Zealand, last Tuesday.

Obama, 57, granted clemency to Danielle Metz back in 2016 after she spent more than two decades behind bars for her role in a cocaine trafficking ring run by her husband.

Senator Lindsey Graham vowed on Sunday that the U.S. government will not allow the release of border-jumpers currently held in immigration detention facilities.

Leigh Patrick, 29, was found dead in a sleazy West Palm Beach, Florida, motel just weeks short of her 30th birthday on May 30, 2017. She claimed to have been abused by Jeffrey Epstein.

The victims, a man aged in his 60s and a woman aged in her 70s, were discovered inside a house in Whitton on Friday morning.