Spain's Supreme Court has sentenced nine Catalan separatist leaders to between nine and 13 years in prison for sedition over their role in an independence referendum in 2017.
A white student on a middle school trip to Washington, DC, spat on a black patron at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture on Friday, prompting his class to be ejected from the museum.
The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. He was awarded the prize for his efforts to "achieve peace and international cooperation".
US President Donald Trump has told a campaign rally in Minneapolis that he will push for stringent controls over the resettlement of Somali refugees in the state of Minnesota.
Uganda's ethics and integrity minister has announced plans to re-introduce the controversial anti-gay law which was nullified by the constitutional court in 2014.