China's under-fire Huawei mobile phone company received a vote of confidence this weekend- from Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro.
Libya's navy confirmed this weekend that it rescued three boats carrying a total of 290 Europe-bound migrants off the country's Mediterranean coast - a day after a German aid group released video showing a sinking raft packed with dozens of migrants, with some people scattered in the sea.
In the race for the leadership of the British Tory party, Michael Gove last night claimed that he was the best candidate to take on Jeremy Corbyn, talking up his own role in the Leave campaign and claiming he will seize control of the machinery of government to "deliver Brexit".
As he ran for reelection, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a visit to Varanassi - a city of narrow lanes and innumerable temples on a curve in the Ganges River - and said he was doing God's work.
French police were yesterday hunting a suspect believed to have deposited a paper bag containing an explosive device that went off, wounding 13 people in a pedestrian street in Lyon the previous day.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and French automaker Renault are in talks that could result in a tie-up of their operations, the Wall Street Journal reports
Manchester United fans were treated to a feast of nostalgia after David Beckham put in a spectacular performance in a legends match at Old Trafford.
