MPs will return to Westminster after the summer recess this week - a break which has seen new UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out his stall on Brexit, opponents planning to avoid a no-deal departure and a cut to Mr Johnson's working majority in the Commons.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke to his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, warning him that Iran could take the next step in reducing its nuclear commitments if Europe doesn't fulfill its obligations. The conversation came as part of efforts to de-escalate the tense situation that has been going on for several months in the Persian Gulf...
Anti-government protesters have used burning barricades to block roads near Hong Kong's airport and damaged a train station following a night of violent clashes with police.
Russia has launched serial production of the world's most-powerful multi-combustion chambered rocket engine, the RD-171MV. It's intended to provide thrust to the planned super heavy-lift rocket Soyuz-5, set to be launched in 2022. The producer of the engine, NPO Energomash (part of Russia's Roscosmos space agency) has found a supplier of the rolled mould steel...
Pope Francis has said he was stuck for 25 minutes in a Vatican lift and had to be rescued by firefighters.
Two teams of players have staged what is regarded as one of the more eccentric cricket matches of the season at a most unusual ground – in the middle of the sea.
The train service to Hong Kong's airport has been suspended as pro-democracy demonstrators gathered there, while protesters outside the British Consulate called on London to grant citizenship to people born in the former colony before its return to China.
