Image copyright EPA Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared victory in the country's parliamentary election.
His brother Mahinda Rajapaksa is expected to be installed as prime minister, having held the role as caretaker since November.
The brothers' party, Sri Lanka People's Front, has secured a two-thirds "super majority" of seats needed to carry out its promised constitutional changes.
The party won 145 of the 22
Image copyright Dawa Sherpa It has been closed since April, you can’t reach it by car, and the nearest airport is a two-day hike away – but the world's remotest Irish bar is optimistic business will pick up soon.
The Irish Pub in Namche Bazar, Nepal, is 3,500 metres above sea level, en route to Mount Everest.
It has been shut since 10 April
Image copyright Courtesy Beathriz Samary When the coronavirus pandemic spread to Brazil, it dealt a double blow to Beathriz Samary.
In early March, the 21-year-old fell ill with a high fever, body aches and shortness of breath. While she was not able to get access to a coronavirus test, she suspects that what knocked her out for a month was Covid-19. "I was so ill, I
Image copyright Getty Images Li Jingzhi spent more than three decades searching for her son, Mao Yin, who was kidnapped in 1988 and sold. She had almost given up hope of ever seeing him again, but in May she finally got the call she had been waiting for.
At weekends Jingzhi and her husband would take their toddler Mao Yin to the zoo, or to one of the many parks in their city, Xi
Image copyright Reuters The explosion at a portside warehouse in Beirut sent devastating shockwaves across the Lebanese capital, decimating seafront buildings and causing widespread destruction.
At least 137 people died and about 5,000 others have been injured. Satellite and aerial images show the extent of the physical damage to a city more accustomed to such scenes as a result of war than accident.
Birdwatching has boomed during Australia's Covid-19 lockdown - and it's having an unexpected benefit.
President Trump has accused his Democratic opponent of following the 'radical left agenda' to 'hurt the Bible'.
Image copyright Getty Images People who enter the Australian state of New South Wales from neighbouring Victoria will have to go into mandatory hotel quarantine from Friday.
The new measures have been introduced due to rising coronavirus infections being reported in Victoria.
Visitors will need to remain at a hotel for 14 days at their own expense.
All returning New South Wales residents, unless they live within the state's border regions, will only be allowed to return via Sydney Airport.
Victoria has
Image copyright Bandar al-Galoud Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been accused of sending a hit-squad to Canada in order to kill a former Saudi intelligence official.
The failed plan to kill Saad al-Jabri was soon after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, court documents filed in the US allege.
Mr Jabri, a
The giant Olympic rings exit the spotlight temporarily for maintenance, after the Tokyo games are postponed.