INTERNATIONAL

The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-nam, has been killed in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, South Korean sources say. Malaysian police said a North Korean man waiting at the airport for a flight to Macau on Monday had fallen ill and died on his way to hospital. But they named him as “Kim Chol”, not Kim ...

Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, has resigned over his contacts with Russia, the White House has announced. Mr Flynn is alleged to have discussed US sanctions with the Russian ambassador before Mr Trump took office. He is said to have misled officials about the conversation. Earlier, US media reported that the Justice Department had warned the White House ...

At least four people have died in an avalanche at the ski resort of Tignes in south-eastern France, rescuers say. A group of nine was buried after the wall of snow swept through an off-piste area, police say, with the other five people still missing. The group was reportedly made up of eight skiers and a guide. The 400-metre (1,300ft) ...

New Zealand authorities have said they will move the carcasses of hundreds of whales that died in a mass stranding to an area not open to the public. About 300 whales will be moved with a digger and buried in the sand dunes further up Farewell Spit, South Island. On Monday, conservation workers pierced the bodies to release gas built ...

North Korea has confirmed that it “successfully” fired a ballistic missile on Sunday in a test supervised by leader Kim Jong-un. The device was described as a “surface-to-surface medium-to-long-range ballistic missile”, the Korean state news agency KCNA reported. South Korea’s defence ministry called it an armed provocation to test the response of US President Donald Trump. North Korea’s latest ballistic ...

North Korea has fired a ballistic missile in the first such test since Donald Trump took office as US president. Mr Trump assured Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that “America stands behind Japan, its great ally, 100%”. The missile flew east towards the Sea of Japan for about 500km (300 miles), South Korean officials say. Mr Abe said the test ...

Donald Trump is considering a new executive order to ban citizens of certain countries from travelling to the US after his initial attempt was overturned in the courts. Mr Trump told reporters on Air Force One that a “brand new order” could be issued as early as Monday or Tuesday. It comes after an appeals court in San Francisco upheld ...

A US federal appeals court has rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt to reinstate his ban on citizens from seven mainly Muslim countries. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said it would not block a ruling by a Seattle court that halted the order. Mr Trump responded with an angry tweet saying national security was at risk and there would ...

A US appeals court has rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt to reinstate his ban on visitors from seven mainly Muslim countries. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said it would not block a lower-court ruling that halted the order. Mr Trump responded with an angry tweet saying national security was at risk and there would be a legal challenge. ...

The High Court in Kenya has blocked the government’s bid to close the largest refugee camp in the world. A directive to shut the Dadaab camp and forcibly repatriate about 260,000 Somali refugees living there was issued last year. The deadline for its closure had been extended until May, but a high court judge ruled the decision was tantamount to ...