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Seoul was previously restricted to a maximum warhead weight of 500 kg on its ballistic missiles, according to a bilateral agreement with the United States signed in 2001.

The 20-year-old winner of the Nobel Peace Prize urged Myanmar's State Councillor and de-facto leader to act against the violence that has seen tens of thousands of people flee into neighbouring Bangladesh.

On Sunday, the Global Times said more stringent United Nations Security Council sanctions were "inevitable" after Pyongyang conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test, but urged restraint.

A hydrogen bomb, with the first stage based on nuclear fission - splitting atoms - and the second on nuclear fusion, produces much more power than traditional atomic bombs, or "pure fission" devices.

Helicopters with heat-sensing cameras circled to spot stragglers and police chiefs in Frankfurt said they would use force if necessary to clear the area, warning that an uncontrolled explosion of the World War II bomb would be big enough to flatten a city...

Beijing is North Korea's main diplomatic ally and economic supporter and is seen as playing a crucial role in efforts to get Pyongyang to curb its weapons programme.

The FBI had previously shot down the claims of Trump accusing Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower, that were made as controversy over alleged links between Trump's campaign team and Russia intensified earlier this year.

US President Donald Trump, a frequent critic of the United Nations, will seek to gather global support for reforming the world body when he hosts an event at UN headquarters in New York on September 18.

China has appeared uneasy at Vietnam's efforts to rally Southeast Asian countries over the busy waterway as well as at its neighbour's growing defence ties with the United States, Japan and India.

The company said it was notified at approximately 2 a.m., by the Harris County Emergency Operations Center of two explosions and black smoke coming from the plant in Crosby.

Mattis was also among the senior aides, including Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and White House economic adviser Gary Cohn, who implicitly criticised the Republican president's response to violence at a rally organized by white nationalists in Charlott...

The blast occurred around 10:00 am (0530 GMT) on a street lined with banks and shops leading to Massoud Square near the United States embassy, close to Kabul's diplomatic area.

The Typhoon 8 storm warning level would typically shut down Hong Kong's stock market, schools and businesses.

Two officers suffered slight cuts as they detained the man, who was now being held by counter-terrorism officers, London's Metropolitan Police said.

Harvey strengthened to a powerful Category 4 hurricane with cities from northern Mexico to Louisiana bracing for flooding, the National Hurricane Center said.

Rights groups hailed the report as a milestone for the persecuted Rohingya community because the government of Aung San Suu Kyi has previously vowed to abide by its findings.