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Who is John Swinney, Scotland’s new first minister after Humza Yousaf quit?
Mild-mannered 60-year-old Swinney, who joined the SNP at 15, is the party's third leader in 14 months.
South Africa top court hears case questioning Zuma’s electoral eligibility
Ex-president could be disqualified from running in the most competitive polls in post-apartheid history on May 29.
Brazilian horse ‘Caramelo’ rescued after being trapped on roof by floods
Rescue brings rare good news to southern Brazil, devastated by worst flooding in 80 years that has killed more than 100.
Gaza ceasefire talks end with no deal as Israel ramps up Rafah attacks
UNRWA official accuses Israel of subjecting Gaza to 'medieval siege' as 110,000 Palestinians flee Rafah.
Key takeaways from Xi Jinping’s European tour to France, Serbia and Hungary
Chinese president pushes vision for a more multipolar world on first trip to Europe in five years.
Thousands march in Sweden’s Malmo against Israel’s Eurovision participation
Contest organisers, who say the event should be nonpolitical, resisted calls to exclude Israel over its war on Gaza.
Iran’s Khamenei urges people to vote in parliamentary run-off amid apathy
Conservatives swept first round of parliamentary and religious assembly elections in March.
‘Israeli extremists’ set fire to UNRWA HQ in occupied East Jerusalem
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees says it has been forced to temporarily close its occupied east Jerusalem compound
Air Vanuatu goes into liquidation, thousands of passengers stranded
Consultants overseeing process say they hope to get the airline's four planes back in the skies as soon as possible.
‘We’ll fight with fingernails’ says Israeli PM after US warning
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel will fight alone ‘with our fingernails’ if necessary.