Hindustan Times via Getty Images For years, India's West Bengal state was the great exception to Narendra Modi's political advance.
His Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had swept through India's Hindi-speaking heartland, expanded into the west and north-east, and overwhelmed once-formidable regional rivals. Yet Bengal - argumentative and steeped in a self-image of cultural exceptionalism - remained stubbornly resistant.
That made this state election
AFP via Getty Images Two of Nigeria's most prominent opposition figures have announced they have switched parties in a dramatic political realignment ahead of next year's presidential election.
Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso, who finished third and fourth respectively in the 2023 presidential race, have both joined the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), raising the prospect of a joint ticket to challenge President Bola Tinubu.
They were previously in the African Democratic Congress (ADC), along with former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, who
A Ukrainian drone hit an upmarket residential high-rise in Moscow in the early hours of Monday, resulting in no casualties but causing visible damage to the façade of the building.
It was the third night in a row that the Russian capital came under attack from drones, days before Russia holds a scaled-back 9 May parade to mark the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany.
An unverified video circulating on social media showed firemen
Getty Images Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City Mayor and a long-time champion of President Donald Trump, is in a "stable but critical condition" in hospital, his spokesman has said.
"Mayor Giuliani is a fighter who has faced every challenge in his life with unwavering strength, and he's fighting with that same level of strength as we speak," Ted Goodman said .
Shortly afterwards
Getty Images The dresses have been sewn, the jewellery has been polished and New York's hairdressers and make-up artists have been fully booked ahead of the Met Gala 2026.
Around 450 A-list guests will begin arriving later for fashion's biggest night of the year, which raises money for the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Three people have been killed and dozens wounded after a monster truck drove into a crowd in the south of Colombia.
Police said it is believed the driver's brakes failed during a show on Sunday in the southern city of Popayán in the province of Cauca.
Video of the incident shows people running as the truck crashes through a barrier and ploughs into the crowd, before coming to a stop, hitting an electricity pole.
Authorities said at least
BBC A dog with rust-coloured fur lies at the side of a road. He looks peaceful, but as the TikTok video pans from his face to the rest of his body, severe injuries to his hind legs appear.
The dog is not resting. He is panting, presumably in pain.
Text on the 15-second clip tells viewers that this dog "
A team of North Korean footballers will make a rare visit to South Korea later this month.
North Korean side Naegohyang will cross the border to play Suwon in the Asian Women's Champions League semi-final on 20 May.
Pyongyang has sent a list of 27 players and 12 staff who will make the visit.
South Korea's Unification Ministry has confirmed the trip, which will be the first time athletes from the north have crossed the border since 2018.
North Korea sent athletes to
AFP via Getty Images The daughter of a Bondi Beach attack victim has described how, since the shooting, she has received messages saying she too should have been killed.
Sheina Gutnick was the first witness appearing before Australia's royal commission into antisemitism, set up in the wake of a shooting at a Hanukkah event in December in which 15 people were killed.
Gunman Sajid Akram, 50, was shot dead by police at the scene and
AFP via Getty Images European leaders are descending on Armenia for two unprecedented summits in a country long considered Russia's closest ally in the South Caucasus.
The symbolism for this country of fewer than three million people is hard to overstate; Armenia is a member of Russian President Vladimir Putin's Eurasian Economic Union, and Moscow hosts a military base on Armenian soil.
On Monday, more than 30