Both shows took home five statuettes each

69th Emmy Awards: 'The Handmaid's Tale' & 'Big Little Lies' are big winners of the night

Stephen Colbert, the host, set the tone in his opening monologue

At Emmy Awards, politics takes centre stage

The comments were made by the North's ambassador to the UN, Han Tae Song

North Korea warns of 'more gift packages' for US

Officials said activity around missile launch sites suggested North Korea planned more missile tests

South Korea warns North may launch ICBMs after nuclear test

Pyongyang residents threw their arms aloft in triumph as a jubilant television newsreader hailed the 'unprecedentedly large' blast

North Korea declares H-bomb test 'a perfect success'

The US and South Korea have agreed to revise a joint treaty capping the development of the South's ballistic missiles

South Korea wants greater missile power in face of North Korean threats

The National Hurricane Center warned that 'catastrophic flooding' was to be expected due to the massive amount of rain expected

Hurricane Harvey slams into Texas

The missile launches come as tens of thousands of South Korean and US troops take part in joint military drills in the South

North Korea fires three short-range missiles: US Army

Tensions over the North's weapons programmes have mounted this year and it carried out two ICBM tests last month that apparently brought most of the United States within range

North Korea's Kim orders more production of ICBMs: State media

Trump's much anticipated national address on Monday, in which he laid out a new US strategy in Afghanistan, marked a dramatic increase in pressure on Pakistan

Trump tough talk unlikely to move Pakistan: US experts

Trump said he wanted more Indian help 'especially in the area of economic assistance and development'

Want India to 'help us more' in Afghanistan: Trump

A Taliban spokesman said America should think of an exit strategy 'instead of continuing the war'

Taliban warns Afghanistan will become 'graveyard' for US

Trump, in a prime-time televised address, said his new approach was aimed at preventing Afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for Islamist militants bent on attacking the United States

Trump's 'way forward' in Afghanistan: US President clears way for troop increase

'Someday, after an effective military effort, perhaps it will be possible to have a political sentiment that includes elements of the Taliban in Afghanistan,' he said

Trump open to eventual political deal with Taliban

'We can no longer be silent about Pakistan's safe havens for terrorist organisations,' Trump declared

Trump warns Pakistan will pay for harbouring terrorists

Kushner said his original White House security clearance form, which said he had 0 foreign contacts instead of over 100, had been submitted in error

Trump son-in-law Kushner denies collusion despite 'private, confidential' meeting with Russian officials ???????

The comments come in a wide-ranging New York Times interview

Trump: 'Sessions should never have recused himself", warns Mueller about investigating his finances

Trump spent about an hour talking 'privately and animatedly' with Putin, 'joined only by Putin's own translator', which raised eyebrows

Trump, Putin held a second, undisclosed meeting at G20: White House

Trump complained about how he was 'let down' by Democrats 'and a few Republicans' who opposed the latest Republican effort to repeal Obamacare

'Let ObamaCare fail,' Trump fumes as health bill collapses

Russia was given 24 hours to vacate the compound, and 35 diplomats were expelled, because it was used for 'intelligence-gathering'

Russia says Trump 'almost' ready to hand over compound Obama withdrew for meddling in US election

'Donald Trump, Jr. was not a protectee of the USSS in June, 2016. Thus we would not have screened anyone he was meeting with at that time'

US Secret Service rejects suggestion it vetted Russians at Trump son's meeting

Should Trump eventually be forced from office, the Christian conservative Pence would assume the presidency without being elected

US: VP Mike Pence walks high wire over Trump scandals

Julie Bishop said she'd be taken aback by Trump's comments if they were directed at her. She declined to remark on his Twitter account

Australian foreign minister criticises Trump's remark to French first lady

Many had expressed anger to learn that the teenage girls who had worked so hard wouldn't be allowed in the US to compete

Watch: Afghanistan's all-girl robotics team lands in DC after visas denied twice