The video assistant referee (VAR) system was once again on everybody's lips and keyboards on Wednesday night as the Champions League trial threw up a few controversial incidents.

Gerard Pique was pictured having a word in Diego Costa's ear as he walked towards the tunnel, with some suggesting he was trying to wind-up the Spain striker.

Diego Costa squandered a penalty as Atletico Madrid missed the chance to go top of La Liga by drawing away to Sevilla and failing to cash in on Barcelona's surprise defeat at Levante earlier in the day.

Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa is facing at least three months out on the sidelines after undergoing surgery on a back problem.

The magnitude 1.3 quake took place in the Chinese city of Hunchun at 19:38pm local time today with a focal depth of zero metres, reported China seismic network.

Alek Sigley hasn't been heard or seen since Tuesday morning and is believed to be detained in North Korea.

Former federal MP Michael Johnson, who has visited North Korea three times, fears Australian exchange student Alek Sigley has been physically abused in detention.

Donald Trump is closing down Washington D.C.'s airspace for his 'biggest fireworks ever' and Air Force One flyby, causing two hours of delays and cancellations for July 4 travelers in the capital.

The hermit country claimed on Saturday that Alek Sigley had spread anti-Pyongyang propaganda by providing photos and other materials to news outlets with critical views toward the North.

The two missiles were launched from the coastal city of Wonsan into the Sea of Japan early on Wednesday, almost exactly a week after a similar test in the same location (file image).

US national security adviser John Bolton has said that North Korea's latest missile tests did not violate pledges made by the state to Donald Trump. Short-range missiles were launched on Tuesday.

Kaoru Hasuike and his girlfriend Yukiko spent 24 years as captives in North Korea, where he was forced to work training spies after being kidnapped from a Japanese beach.

The historic encounter at the Kim II-Sung Stadium in Pyongyang saw South Korean spectators and journalists banned from attending the game, while there was also no live broadcast of the match.

Nuclear officials said the malicious software - believed to be linked to North Korea - had been detected at the Kudankulam plant (pictured) in southern India last month.

Singapore-based drug smuggler Wee Quay Tan, 48, who also has a large tattoo of a dragon inked over his shoulders and chest, found himself in the middle of the biggest drug bust in Australian history.

New book Model City Pyongyang says the city 'embodies the dream of total planning, to which every architect secretly aspires; jettisoning planning restrictions and space ratio guidelines'.

Alex Meads, now 23, was excommunicated by the London-based Korean Friendship Association's 'paranoid' chairman, Dermot Hudson, earlier this year.

Donald Trump on Tuesday brushed aside threats of a Christmas surprise from North Korea, joking maybe he would get a 'beautiful vase' from Kim Jong Un instead of a missile test. 

The interactive map tool - called NukeMap - allows people to simulate the damage that could be inflicted if a nuclear bomb was dropped on any major city in the U.S.

Jeffrey Lewis, an nuclear expert from California, has warned that Trump's volatile relationship with Kim Jong-un could plunge the world into a nuclear crisis if North Korea restarts testing nukes.

North Korea has released an hour-long documentary charting Kim Jong-un's two trips up the country's sacred Mount Paektu last year, apparently in place of an anticipated New Year address by the dictator.

Hours after making headlines for an eye-catching display in Vale's 4-1 FA Cup defeat by Manchester City, Tom Pope took to Twitter to controversially answer a question from a fan.

Port Vale striker Tom Pope has apologised over what some observers perceived to be an anti-Semitic social media post. The League Two strikers recently gave his take on the possible outcome of a world war.

Staff Sergeant Byun Hui-su fought back tears as she said being a soldier had been her 'childhood dream' and that she wanted to help guard the tense border with communist North Korea.

A report studying the internet usage of these North Korean leaders throughout 2019 claims Kim Jong-un is presiding over 'a nation run like a criminal syndicate'.

North Korean refugees suspected of having caught coronavirus during their escape to China have been quarantined among terminal tuberculosis patients. Pictured: Pyongyang Hospital.

The North Korean dictator, 36, who was last seen in public on April 11, has been reported to have died by a Hong Kong Satellite Television director.

Russia's ambassador in North Korea, Alexander Matsegora, presented the award to foreign minister Ri Son-gwon on Tuesday at the Mansudae Palace of Congress in Pyongyang.

North Korea is nearing completion on a new base near the capital of Pyongyang which could be used to increase and protect the country's stockpile of nuclear weapons, analysts say.

Last year, Katy Perry released her holiday jingle Cozy Little Christmas. And on Sunday, the singer, 35, announced that the song's music video would be coming out one year after its original release.

in the sassy clip, the 35-year-old pop star gets up close and personal with quite the curious creature. Katy slipped her top off so she could relax with a massage from a cheeky reindeer.

Camila Cabello looked incredible as she joined Katy Perry on stage at the star-studded KIIS FM's Jingle Ball in Inglewood, California on Friday night.

He recently revealed that he's looking forward to starting a family with his fiancée Katy Perry after they exchange nuptials.

On Monday, Orlando Bloom was spotted spending some solo time practicing his snowboarding skills in Aspen, Colorado.

The 35-year-old singer went incognito underneath a hooded sweatshirt paired with leggings after a private sweat session with her pet pooches in tow.

Katy had her arms full as she also carried a large black leather tote as well as her pet. She was dressed in a black padded coat over gray Adidas leggings and stepped out in white Adidas trainers.

Stormy Daniels' estranged husband Glendon Crain is working shifts as a dishwasher at Chili's Grill & Bar in Forney, Texas, DailyMail.com can reveal.

She's in the midst of planning her wedding to a Hollywood hunk, and is continuing to mend her relationship with a former enemy in spite of their busy schedules.

After Katy Perry announced she was expecting her first child with fiance Orlando Bloom, the singer was congratulated by many celebrity fans.

Katy Perry has developed some rather unusual cravings since falling pregnant with her fiancé, Orlando Bloom.

Katy Perry has been seen in public for the first time since her grandmother Ann Pearl Hudson died, aged 99, on Monday. 

Perry, along with producer Lukasz 'Dr. Luke' Gottwald and Capitol Records, were relieved of paying $2.8 million in an ongoing suit filed by a Christian rapper.

She is currently expecting her first child with fiance Orlando Bloom. And though she tried, singer Katy Perry couldn't hide her burgeoning baby bump - or her darling pup Nugget - during a morning pit stop.

Katy Perry took to social media on Friday evening to reveal the gender of her first child with actor fiance Orlando Bloom.

They are expecting their first child together later this year. And it seems Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are preparing for their arrival as they left Target on Friday with multiple shopping carts.

A source close to the couple revealed that the relationship between 35-year-old singer and 43-year-old actor 'has changed since she got pregnant' according to Us Weekly.

Katy Perry 'will never forget' being pregnant during the coronavirus pandemic.

'I went to a doctor's appointment yesterday and I had an ultrasound and she was moving around,' said the fiancee of actor Orlando Bloom. 'I have a video of her giving me the middle finger.'

Domestic violence charges against Sydney NRL star Josh Reynolds will be dropped by police. He was accused of leaving his girlfriend Arabella Del Busso with bruising to her right arm and left leg.

Former Australian NRL and English Super League backrower Adam Maher, 47, died on Tuesday after being diagnosed with the disease in late 2018.