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LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on the right side of the law after he reluctantly sent a letter requesting a Brexit delay at his opponents’ behest, a lawyer who has worked on high-profile cases challenging the government said on Monday. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost

VALLETTA — Rioting migrants in Malta set at least five staff cars on fire and injured a policeman in their holding center as they demanded their freedom. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun said on Monday that protests gripping the country showed “people’s pain” but that accusing all politicians of corruption equally was not fair. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost

DOHUK — U.S. troops crossed into Iraq early on Monday, part of a withdrawal from northeast Syria ordered by President Donald Trump that opened the way for Turkish troops to launch an offensive against Kurdish fighters in the area. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost

In-The-News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 21. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost

TOKYO — For all of South Africa’s physical dominance of Japan in their Rugby World Cup quarter-final on Sunday, the Springboks are aware that they were lucky to get away with a 26-3 win after they squandered several point-scoring opportunities. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost

A tornado plowed through parts of northern Dallas late on Sunday, knocking out power to more than 175,000 homes and businesses and delaying flights at regional airports, officials said. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s cabinet convened on Monday headed by President Michel Aoun at the Baabda palace, his office said, as protests grip the country in the biggest show of dissent against the ruling elite in decades. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost

LONDON/SINGAPORE — The policeman raises his pistol in a melee of protesters, the gun barrel flashes and a young man falls onto his back clutching his chest – 60 seconds of video caught on camera at the height of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will again try to put his Brexit deal to a vote in parliament on Monday after he was forced by his opponents to send a letter seeking a delay from the European Union. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost

LONDON — A lawmaker from the Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party said on Monday that it would not support a possible amendment to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal that would put the United Kingdom in a customs union with the European Union. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost

MONTREAL — After weeks of wooing Quebec voters, Canada’s would-be prime ministers can only wait for the ballots to be counted in a seat-rich province that could determine the outcome of today’s federal election. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost

A United Nations report is highlighting the role “abhorrent” housing conditions play in the poverty and exploitation that Indigenous people face in Canada and around the world. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost

OTTAWA — Now it’s time for what politicians always say is the only poll that really matters. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost

OTTAWA — With Canada facing a potential minority government after votes are cast Monday, Governor General Julie Payette, the former astronaut who has shown a propensity for bucking tradition and doing things her own way during her two years in office, could have a critical role to play in what follows. Read More …read more […]

HALIFAX — Four years after Atlantic Canadians gave Justin Trudeau a sweeping electoral endorsement — handing his Liberals all 32 of the region’s seats — the party is bracing for losses that could have a significant impact on the final tally later tonight. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost

MADRID — Spain’s acting prime minister said he would visit Barcelona on Monday to see police injured in protests that have racked Catalonia and accused the region’s pro-separatist leader of failing in his duties. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost