Getty Images A council in Japan has voted to remove its mayor who has been unconscious for several months.
Kikuo Hatakeyama, 72, has served as the mayor of Hachirogata in north-east Japan since 2008, but fell ill in February and suffered a brain hemorrhage.
The town assembly unanimously passed a no-confidence motion against the mayor meaning he will automatically lose his position on 19 May.
Japan's national association of town and village assemblies says it's rare for a
Kremlin.ru/Handout via Reuters Vladimir Putin has used his annual Victory Day speech in Moscow's Red Square to justify his war in Ukraine and denounce Nato.
Speaking in front of hundreds of military personnel and flanked by a few world leaders, the Russian president said he was fighting a "just" war and called Ukraine an "aggressive force" that is being "armed and supported by the whole bloc of Nato".
His remarks come amid muted celebrations across parts of Russia to mark the
Reuters Hungary's new prime minister, Péter Magyar, is set to be sworn in, almost a month after he steered his Tisza party to a landslide victory, sweeping away 16 years of rule by Viktor Orbán.
Tisza holds 141 seats out of 199 in the new parliament - up from zero, a result of the party being founded just two years
Reuters As the MV Hondius cruise ship approaches Tenerife, the people of the Spanish island await it with a mixture of uncertainty and, in some cases, anger.
The Spanish government has agreed with the World Health Organization (WHO) that the passengers of the vessel, which has seen an outbreak of the hantavirus, should be allowed to disembark there this weekend. It has travelled from Cape Verde, where three people were evacuated due to illness.
On Friday
Getty Images An Indian politician once seen as a protege of a long-serving chief minister of West Bengal state is set to replace her.
Suvendu Adhikari of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was a close aide of outgoing chief minister Mamata Banerjee until their bitter falling out a few years ago. The BJP on Friday said that Adhikari would be the state's next chief minister, to be sworn
BBC / EBU Like a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day, the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest has arrived to dispel the gloom of a weary world.
With 35 countries taking part, it's the most compact competition since 2003 - due to a partial boycott over Israel's presence.
If you can put the politics aside (and many fans
BBC Browsing through the menu in a London cafe, Ana Costa wasn't sure what drink she was in the mood for. She didn't fancy a coffee and was considering a matcha latte, when hojicha caught her eye.
A Japanese drink made from green tea, hojicha is dry-roasted at high temperatures to produce a distinctive aroma and nutty flavour. It's less bitter than green tea, with a low caffeine content - and it
Reuters Polls have opened in a key by-election in regional Australia, viewed as an electoral test of support for the right-wing populist One Nation party, which could win its first federal lower house race.
The contest in Farrer, a vast regional electorate in New South Wales, was triggered by the resignation of Sussan Ley, who quit when she was ousted as the opposition
The tranche of never-before-seen documents released by the Pentagon on UFOs includes descriptions of reported sightings - by civilians on Earth and by astronauts on the Moon.
The documents, spanning decades, were declassified and posted online on Friday at the direction of President Donald Trump, who said earlier this year he would release them "based on the tremendous interest shown".
The US has seen renewed public interest in extraterrestrial life in recent years. In 2
