Hollywood and Bollywood actors raised eyebrows yesterday by appearing in Saudi Arabia to promote the kingdom's entertainment industry, a year after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Poland's conservative ruling party Law and Justice have secured a comfortable majority in the parliament to govern for four more years, according to an exit poll.
Turkey's decision last week to attack the Kurdish forces in northern Syria known as the YPG alarmed Nato and appalled the Kurds' Western military allies.
Pope Francis has canonised Cardinal John Henry Newman, the Englishman who in 1851 founded the Catholic University in Dublin, the precursor of today's UCD.
Up to 780 women affiliated with Islamic State and their children have fled en masse from a camp where Irish Isil bride Lisa Smith has been held in northern Syria.
Black-clad protesters adopted guerrilla tactics as the protests in Hong Kong dragged into a 19th week, wreaking havoc by popping up in small groups in multiple locations yesterday.
Joe Biden's son Hunter has announced he is stepping down from the board of a Chinese-backed private equity company after getting caught up in the Donald Trump impeachment row.
