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Hong Kong police fire tear gas after demonstrators defy protest ban

It was a show of defiance against the white-clad assailants who beat dozens of people last Sunday night.

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson has got the Brexit band back together — will they succeed?

Analysis: The new prime minister has assembled a Cabinet dominated by hard-line Brexit supporters. Will they succeed where Theresa May failed?

USA

South Korean nightclub loft collapse kills 2, injures at least 10

Athletes from the U.S. water polo teams were at the site celebrating a championship, but all are safe and accounted for, a team official said.

USA

Canadian manhunt: Everything we know about the teens suspected of a killing spree

Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky are suspects in the deaths of American Chynna Deese, her boyfriend, Lucas Fowler, and a botany lecturer named Leonard Dyck.

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American citizen released from Syria after Lebanese intervention

"We are forever indebted to Lebanese General Abbas Ibrahim and to all others who helped secure the release of our son," his parents said in a statement.

USA

Suspected meteorite crashes into rice field in India

One man said the rock, which weighed roughly 33 pounds, was "a bit hot" when it landed.

USA

This Saudi cleric called for reform. Now he could be sentenced to death.

Salman al-Awda, who has criticized the way the kingdom is governed, is due to stand trial at the anti-terror court on Sunday, according to activists.

USA

Indonesian volcano erupts, spewing ash near third-biggest city

A volcano erupted near the Indonesian city of Bandung on Friday, sending ash hundreds of meters into the air and triggering warnings for people to stay away.

USA

Hong Kong protesters take their pro-democracy cause to airport

More than 1,000 demonstrators dressed in black filled the arrival hall at Hong Kong International Airport, chanting, "There are no riots, there's only tyranny!"

Syria

Harrowing photo shows Syrian girl's attempt to save infant sister after airstrike

The photo shows 5-year-old Riham al-Abdallah holding onto the T-shirt of her seven-month-old sister, Tuka, in the ruins of their home in rural Idlib province

USA

Guatemalan mother begs soldier to let her and 6-year-old son enter U.S.

The plight of a mother and son who had traveled some 1,500 miles , only to be stopped mere feet from the U.S. by a Mexican National Guard soldier, was captured by a Reuters photographer.

USA

Austrian triathlete survives abduction, convinces man to free her

Nathalie Birli, 27, was training with her bicycle on a road in Kumberg in southern Austria on Tuesday afternoon when she was abducted

USA

4 teens charged after attacking lesbian couple on London bus and demanding they kiss

The teenage boys aged 15 to 17 face hate crime charges, London's Met police announced, after a lesbian couple was bloodied and bruised in an attack.

USA

Up to 150 migrants feared dead after boats capsize off Libya coast

A top U.N. official described the shipwreck as "the worst Mediterranean tragedy" so far this year.

USA

Russian women post selfies with fake injuries to protest lax domestic violence law

In Russia, the punishment for a first-time assault on a family member is a fine of less than 30,000 rubles ($500) or a 15-day arrest.

USA

British navy to escort ships through Strait of Hormuz

The move isn't a viable long-term solution given the volume of traffic through the vital oil shipping lane and strained British naval resources, experts said.

USA

Record heat reached in Paris as Britain faces hottest day ever

Temperatures reached a record 105 degrees in Paris and 98.4 degrees at London's Heathrow airport on Thursday.

USA

Boris Johnson says U.K must 'turbocharge' preparations for no-deal Brexit

Addressing a rowdy session of Parliament for the first time since becoming prime minister, Johnson again pledged to leave the European Union without a deal if necessary.

USA

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, country's first democratically elected leader, dies at 92

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, the North African country's first democratically elected leader, has died.

USA

French 'flyman' falls into sea trying to cross English Channel on hoverboard

Franky Zapata's flying start came to an abrupt end some 11 miles into his journey across the English Channel when he fell into the water.