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Aircraft and warships were scrambled, sending out warnings for the American vessel to leave the area. This was the third such operation this year, including one last month which prompted a diplomatic protest.

Mayra Berenice Gallo, 24, stormed into the restaurant through the employee back entrance and started pushing and choking the McDonald's Manager.

He Jiankui shrugged off concerns that the research was conducted in secrecy, explaining that he had engaged the scientific community over the past three years.

Black box data show Lion Air pilots struggled to maintain control of a Boeing jet as its automatic safety system repeatedly pushed the plane's nose down and the pilots countered by manually aiming the nose higher.

Comedian Daniel Mateo declined to testify on Monday arguing that he needed more time to prepare his defense.

Donald Trump's Florida holiday ended on Sunday with a visit to his golf club for the fifth day in a row. His tweeting took no break.

The magnitude 7.8 earthquake on November 14 initially pushed the two islands several metres closer and the unsettled fault lines have since nudged the southern landmass further north.

The Hoover Police Department said in a statement that two men were engaged in a 'physical altercation' at the glitzy Riverchase Galleria in Hoover late on Thursday, when one of the men pulled out a handgun and shot the other man twice.

Trump later threatened to close the US border with Mexico for an undisclosed period of time if his administration determines Mexico has lost 'control' on its side.

Trump said the CIA 'points it both ways and as I said, maybe he did, maybe he didn't. But I will say very strongly that it's a very important ally and if we go by a certain standard, we won't be able to have allies with almost any country.'

Prosecutors say he was motivated by vanity, to show off his skills at saving human lives, and by simple "boredom".

Hardline Sunni Muslims do not observe 'mawlid' or Eid-e-Milad at all, considering it a more modern addition to Islam. When the Islamic State group seized the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2014, it banned celebrating the prophet's birth.

The incident follows the high-profile arrests of two black men at a Starbucks coffee shop in Philadelphia in April after a manager called police to say they refused to make a purchase or leave.

Under the current EU freedom of movement rules, migrant workers from within the economic bloc are free to come in and find work in the UK, while workers from non-EU countries like India have to undergo strict visa application requirements.

Over the course of three days, a gleaming, shoulders-high barrier of concertina-wire emerged like a silver snake along a lush riverbank, stretching as far as the eye could see.

Early this year, Trump became the first US president to hold talks with the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and he takes credit for his successful diplomacy.