Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López has said President Nicolas Maduro's generals are willing to defect from his regime imminently, as Spain vowed to protect the politician.
The DUP's first openly gay elected candidate faced opposition from some within her own party.
A Vietnamese woman accused of assassinating Kim Jong-un's half-brother has been freed from a Malaysian jail, ending a two-year case that means the murder will go unpunished.
The Conservatives have suffered their worst local election result since Tony Blair's humiliation of John Major a quarter of a century ago after they lost almost 1,200 council seats.
Three people died as the strongest cyclone to hit India in 20 years left a trail of destruction through the north-eastern coastal state of Odisha yesterday.
Attorneys for the teenager seen in a viral video wearing a red 'Make America Great Again' hat while standing in front of a demonstrator at the Indigenous Peoples March has sued NBC Universal for $275m (€245m).
Deepening Chinese activities in the Arctic region could pave the way for a strengthened military presence, including the deployment of submarines to act as deterrents against nuclear attack, the Pentagon has said.
