NORTH KOREA -- U.S. analysts say they have identified between 13 and 20 undeclared facilities inside North Korea to hide mobile, nuclear-capable missiles, despite agreements from Pyongyang to denuclearise.
Although the sites are not launch facilities and in some cases are rudimentary, the authors of the report say they are hidden and illustrate the scope of the North’s weapons programme and the country’s determination to conceal its military might.
NEW YORK -- Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán goes on trial in New York City on Tuesday. Guzman rose from being a teenage marijuana grower to earn nearly $14 billion during his years as boss of the Sinaloa drug cartel.
LONDON -- The United States will join Qatar and Australia to become the world’s third largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by the early 2020s, as developing nations turn to clean, affordable natural gas to generate electricity.
IRAQ -- Iraq is close to a deal to restart oil exports from the disputed Kirkuk region after U.S. sanctions hit Iranian crude exports. The agreement could add up to 400,000 of barrels of oil a day to international supplies.
SCIENCE -- For the first time, humans will visit the deepest part of each of the five oceans, plunging to the sea floor using a two-person craft designed to withstand the intense pressures more than 10km below the surface.
PARADISE, Calif -- The death toll from wildfires raging in California has risen to 31, with more than 220 people unaccounted for as crews stepped up the search for bodies and missing people. Two people were killed in a wildfire in Southern California.
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration has granted a 180-day waiver to Iran’s eight biggest oil buyers, allowing them to keep buying oil at reduced rates. The threat of sanctions has reduced Iran’s exports by some 47 per cent since April.
HODEIDA -- Violence in Yemen’s key port city of Hodeida is at its worst in months, the United Nations has warned, as a leader of the Houthi rebels vowed that his side would carry on fighting despite U.S. calls for a ceasefire.
UNITED NATIONS -- The number of refugees and migrants fleeing the economic and political crisis in Venezuela has risen to three million worldwide, according to the United Nations. The figure amounts to around one in 12 of the population.
WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump has fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the latest White House departure since January 2017. On average the Trump White House has seen a high-level departure every 22 days.
BEIJING -- Bill Gates has been showcasing new approaches for sterilising human waste at the Reinvented Toilet Expo in Beijing. One approach favoured is Caltech’s self-contained, domestic toilet and wastewater treatment system.
GENEVA -- An incredibly rare pink diamond weighing in at almost 19 carats could fetch a record price of between $30 million and $50 million when it is auctioned by Christie’s in Geneva.
ANTARCTICA -- China is building a permanent airfield in Antarctica as a global scramble over the world’s polar regions intensifies. At the moment, China has only one fixed-wing plane that can fly to the polar regions.
WASHINGTON -- The United States re-introduced sanctions against Iranian oil exports on Monday, although it also gave some of its closest allies exemptions that will allow Tehran’s biggest customers, mostly in Asia, to still buy crude for now.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH -- Delegations meet at Sharm el-Sheikh to follow up on 2011-2020 biodiversity targets. The world’s last wilderness areas are rapidly disappearing, with explicit international conservation targets critically needed.
ENTERTAINMENT -- Holographic virtual avatars representing Swedish pop legends ABBA – dubbed “Abbatars” – are to be revealed in a global TV special in December, to be followed by a world tour in 2019-20.
SPACE -- The Apollo programme began 50 years ago with the first manned Apollo space flight which laid the groundwork for the missions that saw a dozen men land on the moon between 1969 and 1972.
SOCCER -- The inaugural UEFA Nations League tournament gets underway, with 2018 World Cup winners France kicking off the competition against Germany. Each matchday features 23 matches across four different leagues over three days.
TENNIS -- The world’s top eight-ranked players over the year meet for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London, with Novak Djokovic guaranteed to become World No.1 following the withdrawal of Rafael Nadal.
MOTOGP -- The MotoGP season concludes with the nineteenth round at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain with Marc Marquez already crowned World Champion for a fifth time.
GOLF -- The PGA European Tour gets underway with the Honma Hong Kong Open, the first of 49 tournaments in 31 countries -- spanning the five continents and culminating in the $8 million DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
F1 -- The F1 season comes to a close at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with the battle for third-place in the Drivers’ Championship down to a fight between Kimi Räikkönen, Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen.
CYCLING -- The 2019 Tour features 30 categorised climbs andf ive mountain finishes in what organisers promise will be “the highest Tour in history”, designed to encourage breakaways and attacks.
SOCCER -- A top-of-the-table London derby sees Chelsea host Tottenham, with the winner making up vital ground on leader Manchester City, who take on West Ham, and Liverpool, who face Watford.
SOCCER -- Real Madrid face AS Roma, and Manchester City take on Olympique Lyonnais with the winners guaranteed a berth in the knockout stage. Elsewhere FC Bayern and Juventus can also confirm their places.
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