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Russian companies are involved in secretive exports of oil products to North Korea, in violation of UN sanctions that Moscow itself supported, according to a new investigation.

The resolution, which includes mentions of an independent Palestine, was approved by a vote of 13-0, with China and Russia abstaining.

Germany and the United Kingdom have warned of the growing threat posed by Russian and Chinese space satellites, which have been regularly spotted spying on satellites used by Western powers.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un was gifted the £350,000 Russian made Aurus limousine by Vladimir Putin as a show of the two leaders' 'special relationship'

Lord Dannat, the former Chief of General Staff, says "Of course there is a danger of escalation - though the calculation will have been that the risks of inaction outweighed those of action"

North Korea has welcomed in the new year by issuing further military threats against its neighbours in the south and the United States, saying it is prepared for all-out war

The strike on a building in Gaza City was among the deadliest of the Israel-Hamas war, which is now in its 12th week, and among the dead include children, officials said

According to an auction house which specialises in historical artefacts, the menu was for a banquet held in Beijing on 19 October 1956 and marked the first state visit to China by Pakistan's Prime Minister

One of a number of severe results of climate change will be rising sea levels - this could see swathes of the UK's coastline affected, drawing once popular hotspots underwater

A woman and her daughter have been kidnapped in Haiti amid a "do not travel advisory" by the US State Department due to increasing security concerns in the country

The Cabinet Minister said war in Ukraine, runaway advances in technology and science, climate change and mass migration meant the planet was being reshaped - and called for an overhaul of international bodies

North Korea's attempt to put its first military spy satellite into orbit failed as its rocket crashed off the Korean Peninsula's western coast

South Korean sailors were seen fishing refuge out of the sea near Eocheongo Island after the suspected spy satellite - which breaches international law - failed moments after its launch

The attack, which is thought to have happened in 2012, saw the American guards fire several warning shots at the Somali pirates who attempted to hijack the large cargo vessel

Pirates boarded and hijacked an oil tanker six days ago in the Gulf of Guinea, south of Nigeria, since then British and French navies have helped the company try and track down the missing ship

The PM Rishi Sunak is unveiling plans to increase the UK's defence budget by £5bn - but that's less than half what defence secretary Ben Wallace demanded