From Minneapolis to SpaceX: the non-coronavirus news you may have missed

A US woman has been jailed for sending phones to ISIS to be used to detonate bombs and Iran's new parliamentary speaker says talks with the US are 'futile'

A NYPD police car is set on fire as protesters clash with police during a march against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., May 30, 2020. Picture taken May 30, 2020. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Police clash with Minneapolis protesters

Police clashed with protesters who defied a curfew in Minneapolis on Saturday, firing tear gas and stun grenades. Several cities in the US, and beyond, have been gripped by several days of violent protests after the death of unarmed black man George Floyd during an arrest in Minneapolis on Monday.

Woman jailed for sending phones to ISIS

A US woman has been jailed for attempting to send phones to the Middle East to be used as bomb detonators by ISIS.

Alison Marie Sheppard, 35, of Florida, was sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison on Friday.

SpaceX to dock the ISS

Two veteran Nasa astronauts are headed for the International Space Station after Elon Musk's SpaceX became the first commercial company to launch a rocket carrying humans into orbit, ushering in a new era in space travel.

They are scheduled to dock with the space station at 5:29pm UAE time on Sunday and you can track their progress here.

Iran's new parliament speaker says talks with US are 'futile'

Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said any negotiations with the US would be futile as he delivered his first major speech to the conservative-dominated chamber on Sunday.

Meet the father and son team behind Istanbul's oldest Greek newspaper 

The office of possibly the world's only daily newspaper to be produced by a father-and-son team can be found in the bustling Istanbul neighbourhood of Ferikoy. The Greek-language paper – one of the oldest in Turkey – is written, laid out and sent to the printers from the book-lined back room of 81-year-old Mihail Vasiliadis's apartment. Read more about their struggle to keep the paper going.