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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks out of the door of 10 Downing street to greet the emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani prior to their meeting in central London on September 20, 2019. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP) (Photo credit should read BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images)

UK Parliament suspension was ruled unlawful. What's next?

This picture taken on September 24, 2019 shows protesters marching from the Nigerian House to the UN Plaza in New York calling for release of detained journalist Omoyele Sowore who has been charged with treason.

Nigerian journalist charged with treason is granted bail but lawyer says he is still being held

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky enters a hall in Kiev on March 6, 2019, to take part in the shooting of the television series "Servant of the People" where he plays the role of the President of Ukraine.

Ukrainians worry Putin is the winner in Washington's latest scandal

The first Emirati in space

Hundreds injured, 20 dead, after earthquake in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir

HARARE, ZIMBABWE - AUGUST 01: Members of the public queue for water at a borehole in Tafara on August 1, 2019 in Harare, Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is facing an acute water shortage after this year's drought, compounded by poor water management. Rainfall is down 25 percent from the annual average, according to the Zimbabwean government, leaving two of Harare's four reservoirs empty. (Photo by Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Getty Images)

Zimbabwe's water woes worsen as capital shuts down treatment plant

Gemini Observatory two-color composite image of C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) which is the first interstellar comet ever identified. This image was obtained using the Gemini North Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) from Hawaii's Maunakea. The image was obtained with four 60-second exposures in bands (filters) r and g. Blue and red dashes are images of background stars which appear to streak due to the motion of the comet. Composite image by Travis Rector.
Image Credit: Gemini Observatory/NSF/AURA

2nd interstellar visitor to our solar system confirmed and named

A photo illustration shows the first interstellar asteroid: `Oumuamua. This unique object was discovered on 19 October 2017 by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawai`i. Subsequent observations from ESO's Very Large Telescope in Chile and other observatories around the world show that it was travelling through space for millions of years before its chance encounter with our star system. `Oumuamua seems to be a dark red highly-elongated metallic or rocky object, about 400 metres long, and is unlike anything normally found in the Solar System.

Here is the first observed interstellar object in solar system

Hazzaa AlMansoori, a former Emirati F-16 aircraft pilot, will become the first UAE national in space aboard a Russian Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft.

The first Emirati in space: How Dubai is reaching for the stars

MUNICH, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 12: A waitress brings glasses of beer to the heads of the six Munich breweries as well as the owners of the Oktoberfest tents for the annual beer tasting prior to the 2016 Oktoberfest in the cellar of the Munich Beer and Oktoberfest Museum on September 12, 2016 in Munich, Germany. The men and one woman meet every year shortly before Oktoberfest to sample and discuss the merits of the Oktoberfest brews of Hacker-Pschorr, Spaten, Loewenbraeu, Paulaner, Augustiner and Hofbraeu, which are the six Munich breweries and the only breweries allowed to participate in Oktoberfest. The 183rd Oktoberfest will be open to the public from September 17 through October 3 and will draw millions of visitors from across the globe in the world's largest beer fest. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

Rejoice, booze lovers. A German court ruled that hangovers are an illness

Hazzaa AlMansoori, a former Emirati F-16 aircraft pilot, will become the first UAE national in space aboard a Russian Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft.

The first Emirati in Space: How Dubai is reaching for the stars

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 20: President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo takes part in the final press conference of CHOGM 2018 at Marlborough House on April 20, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Ghana arrests 3 suspects allegedly plotting to destabilize the country

Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, visit the District Six Museum in Cape Town, South Africa, on September 23, 2019.

Watch Harry and Meghan greet the crowds in South Africa

The landing craft had been dispatched from the Russian rescue tug 'Altai', which is on the Northern Fleet's mission in the Arctic Ocean.

Walrus sinks Russian Navy boat in the Arctic Ocean

Amateur footage captured by residents of Jambi, Indonesia shows the sky turning blood red, as toxic haze continues to plague the country

Blood-red haze engulfs Indonesian province as forest fires and smog worsen

Amateur footage captured by residents of Jambi, Indonesia showed the sky turning blood red, as toxic haze continued to plague the country

Indonesia's sky turned blood red, here's why

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - SEPTEMBER 23: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex dances as she visits a Justice Desk initiative in Nyanga township, with Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, during their royal tour of South Africa on September 23, 2019 in Cape Town, South Africa. The Justice Desk initiative teaches children about their rights and provides self-defence classes and female empowerment training to young girls in the community. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

In pictures: Meghan and Harry tour Africa

MUNICH, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 16: A waiter lifts mugs of beer in the Hacker Pschorr tent on the first day of the 2017 Oktoberfest beer fest on September 16, 2017 in Munich, Germany. Oktoberfest is the world's largest beer celebration and typically draws over six million visitors over its three-week run. Oktoberfest includes massive beer tents, each run by a different Bavarian brewer, as well as amusement rides and activities. (Photo by Philipp Guelland/Getty Images)

A German court has ruled that hangovers are an illness

CNN's Hala Gorani reacts live to UK Supreme Court decision

PM Boris Johnson fires back after Supreme Court ruling

The basilica of the Valle de los Caidos (The Valley of the Fallen), a monument to the Francoist combatants who died during the Spanish civil war and Franco's final resting place just outside Madrid.

Franco's body can be exhumed, rules Spanish court

Speaker John Bercow reacts to Supreme Court ruling

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex smile as they visit a Justice Desk initiative in Nyanga township, during their royal tour of South Africa on September 23, 2019 in Cape Town, South Africa. The Justice Desk initiative teaches children about their rights and provides self-defence classes and female empowerment training to young girls in the community.

Meghan and Harry head to the beach in South Africa

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Kris Fade is juggling his career as a veteran radio DJ in Dubai with the challenges of launching his own business and raising a family.

Radio DJ keeps family at the center of his start up

Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, visit the District Six Museum in Cape Town, South Africa, on September 23, 2019.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle talk about Africa mission

Here's what you need to know about Brexit

Eight newborn babies killed in Algerian hospital fire

UK Supreme Court rules Parliament suspension unlawful

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 27: Sir David Attenborough attends the World Premiere of "Blue Planet II" on September 27, 2017 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)

David Attenborough attacks Australian PM on climate record and support for coal

Abortion laws around the globe (2018)

Haitian Senator Ralph Fethiere fires a gun outside parliament in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Sept. 23, 2019.

Photojournalist shot outside Haitian senate

A doctor performed an abortion on the wrong woman

Isabelle Laurans and her daughter, whom she conceived in Belgium using IVF.

France's IVF laws make mothers feel like outlaws

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New coal power plants quietly springing up in China

South Korea's young men are fighting against feminism

Corbyn outlines how he would handle Brexit

Greta Thunberg delivers brief remarks during a strike to demand action be taken on climate change outside the White House.

Greta Thunberg and 15 other children filed a complaint against five countries over the climate crisis

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R), Israeli president of the Supreme Court Esther Hayut (C) and Benny Gantz (L), leader of Blue and White party, attend a memorial ceremony for late Israeli president Shimon Peres, at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on September 19, 2019. - Netanyahu called on his main challenger Benny Gantz to form a unity government together, a major development after deadlocked election results put his long tenure in office at risk. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP) (Photo credit should read GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP/Getty Images)

Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz to begin discussions of possible Israeli unity government

Located some 2,000 kilometres off the southeast coast of continental Africa, Mauritius has been consistently rated by the Index of African Governance as the best-run country in sub-Saharan Africa. Ethical Traveler, adds that it holds regular free elections and has a high human rights record. On the negative side, the organization says domestic violence against women, gender inequality, arbitrary arrests and prison overcrowding are among the major concerns still facing Mauritius.

In 2017, a 'lost continent' was found under Mauritius as well

Afghan villagers carry a dead body on a stretcher outside a hospital following an airstrike in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province on September 23, 2019.

A strike targeting Taliban kills 40 civilians at a wedding next door

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressees his supporters at party headquarters after elections in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Why Israel's Arab parties made a historic move against Netanyahu

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on September 18, 2019 shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) waving to supporters at his Likud party's electoral campaign headquarters early on September 18, 2019, and Benny Gantz, leader and candidate of the Israel Resilience party that is part of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) political alliance, waving to supporters alongside his wife Revital Gantz at the alliance's campaign headquarters in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv early on September 18, 2019. - Netanyahu and his main challenger Gantz were locked in a tight race in the country's general election after polls closed, exit surveys showed, raising the possibility of another deadlock. Three separate exit polls carried by Israeli television stations showed Netanyahu's right-wing Likud and Gantz's centrist Blue and White alliance with between 31 and 34 parliament seats each out of 120. (Photos by Menahem KAHANA and EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP) (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA,EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)

Why Israel is deadlocked a week after election

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a meeting meeting on religious freedom at United Nations headquarters on September 23, 2019 in New York City.

In pictures: The UN General Assembly

WALSALL, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 08: A pensioner holds his walking stick on September 8, 2014 in Walsall, England. Britain is facing multiple problems stemming from an increase in the elderly proportion of its population, including increasing health care costs, strains on its social security system, a shortage of senior care workers and challenges to the employment market. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

A Catholic hospital in Canada has been ordered to provide assisted-suicide services

Macron: Politicians cannot 'remain deaf' to climate crisis

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Brian Hook: 'The world must hold Iran to account'

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What Germany can teach the US about facing its past