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A Brexit lunch and an empty podium

Walking in step but moving in opposite directions. Such was the cacaphony of protest that Boris Johnson's team decided against holding a joint news conference after talks with the Luxembourg prime minister.

USA

Rohingya still in Myanmar face 'threat of genocide'

Some 600,000 Rohingya are living in "deplorable" conditions, the U.N. said.

USA

Hong Kong reopens after weekend of clashes

The demonstrations are the latest in nearly four months of sometimes violent protests.

USA

Viral video shows Florida students hugging Hurricane Dorian survivor

"He thought Dorian was a monster," the 3-year-old-boy's mother said.

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Violence flares again in Hong Kong after protesters defy police ban

The ongoing unrest is seen as an embarrassment to China, which has accused foreign powers of fomenting the protests.

USA

Attacks on crucial Saudi oil sites threaten to renew Gulf tensions

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Saturday Iran was to blame for the attacks. Tehran dismissed the accusations Sunday as "pointless."

USA

Girl power goes green: Teens strike for global action on climate change

"The world is watching us," said Isabelle Axelsson,18, who has skipped class weekly to march with Fridays for Future in Stockholm.

USA

Helicopter pilot discovers villagers stranded in debris in the Bahamas

"He had this intuition that he had to fly back over," his wife said.

USA

Drone attack on world's largest oil processing site sparks huge fire

The attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels in the war against a Saudi-led coalition comes after weeks of similar drone assaults on the kingdom's oil infrastructure.

United Kingdom

Former Conservative MP Sam Gyimah joins Lib Dems

The former Conservative minister defected to the Lib Dems after voting against Boris Johnson in favour of a bill designed to prevent a no-deal Brexit.

USA

Amazon chief fighting to protect rainforest put forward for Nobel Prize

At 89, the chief took to the road again this year seeking help to stop a surge in fires destroying the forest.

USA

Teen allergic to dairy died after burger joint said birthday meal safe

"Parents are terrified for them to eat out in restaurants because that is the key place where they are at risk," said his mother about the families of children with food allergies.

USA

Solid gold toilet worth $1M and titled 'America' stolen from U.K. palace

The toilet, an artwork, was reportedly offered at one point by the Guggenheim Museum to President Donald Trump and the first lady for the White House.

USA

Trump confirms Osama bin Laden's son Hamza killed in U.S. operation

NBC News first reported in July that the U.S. had obtained intelligence the son and potential successor of the al Qaeda leader was dead.

USA

Flashbacks mix with reflection as New Zealand strives to recover from mosque attacks

"We weren't as tolerant a society as we cared to think," a lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington said.

USA

Former British PM Cameron 'truly sorry' for Brexit divisions

"I worry desperately about what is going to happen next," Cameron said in an interview published Saturday.

USA

Saudi Arabia claims drone attacks strike major Aramco facility, oilfield

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks in Buqyaq and the Khurais oil field, though Yemen's Houthi rebels previously launched drone assaults deep inside of the kingdom.

Saudi Arabia

Iran warns U.S. after drone attacks on Saudi oil refineries

A military spokesman said that Iran was "ready for a fully-fledged war".

USA

Desperate Housewives star gets jail over college cheating scandal

The actress pleaded guilty in May to paying $15,000 to have her daughter's SAT scores boosted.

USA

Diary of 'Polish Anne Frank' to be published after being rediscovered

"Renia's Diary: A Holocaust Journal" by Renia Spiegel documents four year of the teenage girl's life in Nazi-occupied Poland.