North Korea is Reportedly Staging Large Artillery Exercises

North Korea is reported to be staging a large-scale artillery exercise to mark the anniversary of its armed forces amid rising diplomatic tension over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programmes.

A pledging conference designed to raise funds for Yemen is getting underway in Geneva today, amid what the UN says is now the world's largest humanitarian crisis.

The US state of Arkansas has put to death by lethal injection two convicted murderers, the first double execution on the same day in the US for 17 years.