22.9.2019 11:08 am

WATCH: UFO enthusiasts gather outside Area 51 in the US

An online joke has turned into a reality for die hard alien enthusiasts.

It started as an online joke that quickly went viral.

Somali pirates free Iranian hostage captured in 2015

Shariff was captured with three other men in March 2015 after an attack on the Iranian fishing vessel FV Siraj.

7,000 police arrest dozens of yellow vest protestors in France

Several hundred protesters were in the streets of the French capital around 11am on Saturday.

Iran threatens that any country which attacks it will turn into the ‘main battlefield’

The United States announced Friday that it was sending military reinforcements to the Gulf region following attacks on Saudi oil facilities that it attributes to the country.

Trump accused of trying to pressure Ukraine president into digging up dirt on Biden

An anonymous whistleblower’s secret complaint has triggered a tense showdown between Congress and the US presidency.

23 US states sue Trump for undoing California’s pollution rules

California’s vehicle emissions rules are followed by a dozen other states that account for more than 40 percent of US vehicle sales.

Thousands take to Egypt’s streets demanding Sisi’s resignation

This after Egyptian businessman and actor Mohamed Ali accused President el-Sisi of corruption and called on people to take to the streets.

Facebook suspends ‘tens of thousands’ of apps in privacy review

The social network became the subject of intense scrutiny after acknowledging in 2018 that Cambridge Analytica misappropriated personal data on tens of millions of Facebook users.

Schoolchildren throng streets in vast global climate strike

The demonstrations were due to culminate in New York, where 1.1 million students in around 1,800 public schools have been permitted to skip school.

Netanyahu in trouble as Israel vote deadlock confirmed by near-complete results

The prime minister’s party is now the second largest, but neither he or his rival Benny Gantz has an obvious path to a majority coalition.

Canada’s Trudeau apologises for wearing blackface as new images emerge

‘Darkening your face, regardless of the context or the circumstances, is always unacceptable because of the racist history of blackface,’ he said.

Vaping-related illness sickens over 500 in US

Health authorities first realized in July that vaping was linked to the severe breathing difficulties, coughing, chest pain and even nausea being reported by young people.

Tunisia’s ex-president Ben Ali dies – foreign ministry

Ben Ali, who ruled his North African country from 1987 until 2011, was viewed by some as a bulwark against Islamist extremism.

Trump’s new Afrikaans-speaking security adviser has ‘interacted’ with AfriForum

Robert O’Brien learnt to speak the language while an exchange student in Bloemfontein during apartheid.

Gantz says he should be prime minister in Israel unity government

The ex-military chief said his alliance had the most seats and he should lead the next government.

Netanyahu calls on Gantz to form a unity government together

Gantz had not yet responded, but he has repeatedly called for a unity government.

‘Day Zero’ looms in Australian Outback as climate change bites

It’s getting hotter, it’s getting drier, and adding to the misery, precious water supplies are being tasked to fight hundreds of bushfires.

US Fed cuts key interest rate a quarter point, citing ‘uncertainties’

Powell and other Fed officials frequently have cited the uncertainty generated by President Donald Trump’s trade war with China which is hanging over the economy.