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The front page of every newspaper in Australia was blacked out on Monday in a coordinated move to support press freedom.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has apologised after police accidentally sprayed blue dye on a mosque while battling protesters.

More than 100,000 homes and businesses have been left without power after a tornado ripped through parts of northern Dallas late Sunday.

Thousands of protesters, many wearing masks, have taken to the streets of Hong Kong's Kowloon district on Sunday to stage an illegal march.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators have returned to the streets of Lebanon on Sunday for a fourth day of anti-government protests.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has been sworn in for a second five-year term as president.

Chilean president Sebastián Piñera said he will suspend hike in subway fares in a bid to defuse widespread protests in the country.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has sent an unsigned letter to the European Union requesting a delay to Britain's exit from the bloc.

Australian carrier Qantas has completed a historic non-stop commercial passenger flight from New York to Sydney in just over 19 hours.

Small groups of demonstrators gathered in central Beirut on Saturday in an effort to keep the momentum on anti-government protests.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appealed to lawmakers to back his last-minute Brexit deal on Saturday, and avoid any further delays.

NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir have made history by completing the first all-women spacewalk.

Hundreds of protesters battled police in the heart of Barcelona amid anger over the jailing of Catalan separatist leaders.

At least 11 people have died and as many injured following a dam breach at a gold mine in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk region early Saturday.

Hong Kong is bracing itself for a weekend of fresh anti-government demonstrations.

Heavy fighting erupted in a Mexican city after security forces detained the son of a powerful drug lord.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in a race against time to persuade MPs to back his new Brexit deal before a crunch vote in the Commons on Saturday.

Turkey has agreed to suspend its military operations in northern Syria after talks with the US.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a "great" new Brexit deal has been agreed upon and urged lawmakers to approve it at the weekend.

Transport links in east London have been disrupted after violent clashes broke out Thursday morning between Extinction Rebellion activists and commuters.

At least 35 people have been killed and four others injured in a traffic accident in Saudi Arabia.

At least five people have been killed and 60 more injured after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit the island of Mindanao in southern Philippines.

French luxury brand Christian Dior issued an apology on Thursday for misrepresenting the Chinese map. 

Hong Kong council session was adjourned for a second day after pro-democracy lawmakers repeatedly interrupted the city's embattled leader Carrie Lam.

Furious pro-democracy lawmakers forced Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to suspend her annual policy address in Parliament on Wednesday.

Spain's top court has sent Belgium an arrest warrant for Catalonia's former pro-independence leader Carles Puigdemont.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has made yet another improbable trek to the top of the "sacred" Mount Paektu.

Two police officers who captured and arrested the man accused of killing 51 people at Christchurch mosques in March have been honoured.

At least three people have been killed after a Taliban suicide bomber targetted a police headquarters in the eastern province of Laghman.

Beirut has deployed water cannons and appealed to neighbouring states for help after wildfires swept across Lebanon, killing at least one person.

A court in Hong Kong has granted an injunction to ban anyone from targetting police housing areas.

Fourteen police officers have been killed and three more wounded in an ambush in the western Mexican state of Michoacan.

London's Metropolitan Police issued a ban on Extinction Rebellion’s eight-day "October Rebellion" in the UK capital.

Rescuers in Japan slogged through mud and debris in a grim search for the missing, as the death toll from Typhoon Hagibis climed to 66.

The leaders of Saudi Arabia and Russia have discussed ways to stabilise world energy markets.

Economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer have won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize for research on alleviating global poverty.

Spain's Supreme Court on Monday found nine Catalan separatist leaders guilty of sedition and misuse of public funds.

At least 12 people have been killed and several others injured after a building collapsed following a cylinder blast in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

A video depicting a fake image of US President Donald Trump shooting members of the media has been condemned by White House reporters.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Saudi Arabia for a landmark regional trip that also includes the UAE.

Rescue efforts are underway to find survivors after Typhoon Hagibis left vast sections of towns in central and eastern Japan under water.

New Zealand's Prime Minister has announced NZ$17 million (around AED 39 million) in funding to boost efforts to stamp out extremist content online.

At least 23 people have been killed and 16 more reported missing after a powerful typhoon struck Japan.

Hong Kong activists sent police officials on a wild goose chase on Sunday after holding rallies in shopping malls and dispersing when cops arrived.

Canadian leader Justin Trudeau donned a bulletproof vest and was surrounded by heavy security during an election rally.

A caravan carrying up to 2,000 migrants was forced to turn back after Mexican officials stepped in and blocked the highway.

Indigenous leaders who've been at the forefront of fuel-price protests in Ecuador said they are willing to negotiate with President Lenin Moreno.

At least 16 people have been killed and two more seriously injured in an attack on a mosque in northern Burkina Faso.

Police in the Netherlands have detained 130 climate change protestors. 

India's Prime Minister has picked up litter from a beach resort in New Delhi.

Anti-government protesters in Haiti have clashed with police.

A Frenchman who allegedly killed his wife and four children back in 2011 has been arrested.

The acting head of US Homeland Security has resigned.

One man has been killed in Japan and more than a million have been told to evacuate as a powerful storm prepares to make landfall.

NASA could lift off on its first manned SpaceX mission in the first-quarter of next year.

Jacob Zuma will stand trial on corruption charges.

A fire that destroyed dozens of homes in California was caused by burning trash dumped by a garbage truck.

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has won the Nobel Peace Prize. 

At least five people have been injured in an explosion at a waste disposal facility near the Linz airport in Austria.

Three people have died after a highway bridge collapsed on in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu.

Shopping malls in Hong Kong will close early on Thursday as the city braces for more demonstrations.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denied that his US counterpart tried to blackmail him into investigating Joe Biden during a phone call in July.

In the latest move to clamp down on diabetes, Singapore will ban advertisements of drinks with high sugar content.

Apple on Wednesday removed an app that protestors in Hong Kong have been using to track police officials as it violates their rules.

One person has been arrested after a shooting incident in the eastern German city of Halle left two people dead.

The White House said it will not cooperate with House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

Several ministers in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's cabinet are poised to step down due to concerns of a no-deal Brexit.

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi issued a second set of proposed social reforms aimed at pacifying angry demonstrators.

A top al-Qaeda leader was killed in a joint US-Afghan military operation last month.

There’s good news for tourists planning to visit India.

Five more elephants have been found to have drowned after falling into the waters at Thailand’s Haew Narok falls.

Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam said she had no plans to use sweeping emergency powers to introduce new laws.

US President Donald Trump threatened to destroy Turkey's economy if Ankara takes a planned military strike in Syria too far.

Canada's main opposition leader launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a two-hour televised debate on Monday. 

American sports brand Vans removed entries that supported Hong Kong's anti-government protests from its annual sneaker design contest.

Police have launched a massive manhunt for the second suspect involved in the Kansas City mass shooting that left four people dead.

A migrant boat capsized off the coast of Sicily's Lampedusa island, killing at least nine people.

One person has been arrested for his suspected role in the Kansas City mass shooting that left four people dead and eight others injured.

Schools and offices remained closed in Hong Kong on Monday as the city struggled to recover after scores of protesters were arrested overnight.

India's Supreme Court on Monday halted the cutting of trees in the city of Mumbai for a subway project.

A second whistleblower has come forward in the impeachment inquiry against US President Donald Trump.

The Iraqi cabinet unveiled a series of social reforms in response to sweeping anti-government rallies that have left nearly 100 people dead.

Four people have been killed and five others injured in a shooting in downtown Kansas City.

Austrian police are investigating the suspected murder of five people in the ski town of Kitzbuehel.

A man has been shot dead by his father-in-law after he jumped out of the bushes to surprise him for his birthday.

Hong Kong's metro lines partially resumed services on Sunday after violent protests in the city forced authorities to shut it down for a day. 

Nuclear talks between North Korea and the US in Sweden has failed to produce a deal.

Six wild elephants have drowned after slipping off a waterfall at the Khao Yai National Park in southern Thailand.

Officials from the US and North Korea have gathered at an isolated conference centre on the outskirts of Stockholm to begin nuclear talks.

At least 10 people have been killed and many more injured when a heavy truck collided with a minibus in southern Romania on Saturday.

All subway and train services in Hong Kong have been suspended on Saturday as the city braces for more demonstrations after a night of chaos.

The death toll from four days of anti-government protests in Iraq has soared to more than 90, with an estimated 1,600 more wounded.

At least four people have been killed in Ukraine after a cargo plane was forced to make an emergency landing. 

Hong Kong is taking drastic steps to quell escalating violence.

Police in Iraq have shot at a small group of anti-government protestors in Baghdad. 

It's been revealed that Brazilian police officers stormed into a hospital in Rio de Janeiro demanding doctors to hand over a bullet that accidentally killed a child during a sting operation.

Japan's Prime Minister says he still wants to meet Kim Jong-un about Japanese nationals who have been abducted by North Korean agents.

A Banksy painting which depicts the British House of Commons filled with chimpanzees has been sold for around AED 45 million.

Donald Trump has asked China to investigate Joe Biden.

The European Union has mixed feeling about Boris Johnson's new proposals for a Brexit deal.

Ecuador’s President says violent protests in the country caused by fuel price rises are ending.

A man wielding a knife has fatally stabbed four officers at police headquarters in Paris

A curfew is in effect in the Iraqi capital Baghdad two days after anti-government protests turned violent and left 18 people dead.

Turkey fined social media giant Facebook 1.6 million Turkish liras (more than AED 1 million) over a data breach that affected nearly 300,000 people.

An 18-year-old protester who was shot by police during demonstrations in Hong Kong has been charged with rioting and assaulting an officer.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un congratulated the country's defence scientists at the successful launch of a new ballistic missile.

US President Donald Trump blasted Democrats for launching an impeachment inquiry, and accused them of dishonesty and even treason.

More than 180 people have been arrested in Hong Kong after violent clashes erupted between protesters and the police during the China National Day rally.

At least 25 Malian soldiers have been killed and 60 more reported missing after militants targeted two army camps in central Mali.

The man who carried out a sword attack at a vocational school in Eastern Finland acted alone.

Taiwanese search and rescue personnel are working towards finding a fisherman who went missing after an arched bridge collapsed onto fishing boats.

Meghan Markle is taking legal action against the 'Mail on Sunday' after the newspaper unlawfully published one of her private letters.

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles on Wednesday, a day after Pyongyang and Washington announced they would resume nuclear talks.

One person has been killed and nine others injured in a violent incident at a college in Finland.

A Hong Kong protester has reportedly been shot in the chest by a live round as demonstrations turned violent in the city.

A block of ice more than 1,500 square kilometres in area has broken off the Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

Efforts are on to rescue six fishermen feared trapped after a bridge collapsed into a harbour in northeastern Taiwan on Tuesday.

China marked its 70th year of Communist rule with a massive display of military prowess in Beijing on Tuesday.

A Russian court on Monday reduced a jail term for an actor amid a public outcry over alleged police brutality and judicial injustice.

More than 100 people have died in northern India as torrential rains battered the region for the fourth consecutive day.

At least 19 people have been killed when a fire broke out at a factory in east China.

Those people who have not upgraded their iOS 8 and Android devices will not be able to Whatsapp after February 1, 2020.

Taiwan has ordered the closure of schools and shut down its financial markets on Monday as Typhoon Mitag approaches its north-eastern coast.