NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Pakistan has received the second tranche of special drawing rights worth 760 million ($1,023 million) from the International Monetary Fund under the extended fund facility programme, the country's central bank said in a post on X on Wednesday. Read full story

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police detained 97 students on Tuesday in Istanbul's Bogazici University over a protest against an Islamic preacher's conference on the campus, the city's governor said. Read full story

Joe McCallen, 63, has mapped 100,000 miles of road for Google's immersive map. He has no plans to stop. Read full story

Google unveiled the biggest update to its Android mobile operating system in years, weeks before its biggest competitor in the space, Apple Inc, is expected to give a preview of its overhauled iPhone software. Read full story

His election may have been announced with white smoke, but Pope Leo XIV will communicate with the Catholic faithful on X and Instagram, the Vatican said on May 13. Read full story

(Reuters) - Venezuelans held in a high-security prison in El Salvador shouted "freedom" and used a hand signal for help in a video published by the far- right One America News Network, a rare glimpse of the detainees since they were sent there by the U.S. in March. Read full story

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brazilian microbiologist Mariangela Hungria, whose research has helped farmers in the country sharply boost grain production, has been named the 2025 World Food Prize Laureate, the Iowa-based foundation organizing the prize said on Tuesday. Read full story

IZNIK, Trkiye, May 13 (Xinhua) -- A growing partnership between Trkiye's historic ceramics hub Iznik and China's Jingdezhen, often dubbed the "Porcelain Capital," is aiming to breathe new life into centuries-old artisanal traditions by fusing cultural heritage with modern collaboration, a local official said. Read full story

BERLIN (Reuters) -Police arrested four people on Tuesday linked to a radical group seeking to replace the modern German state, prosecutors said, in the latest operation against a movement flagged as a potential threat to democracy. Read full story

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Pakistan's army said on Tuesday that more than 50 people were killed in last week's military clashes with India which ended in a ceasefire agreed by the nuclear-armed neighbours, restoring peace to their border. Read full story

TOKYO (Reuters) -It's a cold, wet morning and frigid air is seeping through the open doors of a college gymnasium in Tokyo. But that doesn't seem to worry Soichiro Kakimoto and 30 other young businessmen as they gear up for their weekend routine: cheerleading. Read full story

(Reuters) -U.S. and European diplomats went on a flurry of calls in the hours after U.S. President Donald Trump offered on Monday to join prospective Ukraine-Russia talks later this week, trying to find a path that would bring an end to the war in Ukraine. Read full story

DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh's Election Commission has suspended the registration of ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, effectively barring the party from contesting the next national elections. Read full story

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's conservative Liberal Party elected Sussan Ley, a former outback pilot with three finance degrees, as its first woman leader on Tuesday, after an election loss partly due to comparisons with U.S. President Donald Trump's policies. Read full story

The top diplomats from Kenya and the Dominican Republic met in Santo Domingo on Monday and called on the international community to fulfill and expand its promised funding for the UN-backed security mission in neighboring Haiti. Read full story

LOS ANGELES, May 12 (Xinhua) -- An innovative disease detection program has identified the measles virus in Houston's wastewater days before official cases were confirmed, offering a promising early warning system amid a nationwide surge in measles infections, according to a newly-published study. Read full story

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The prime minister of junta-ruled Guinea announced a new date of December 2025 for elections, seeking to reassure investors in a speech at an African business forum on Monday. Read full story

WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland summoned the Russian ambassador and said it would close the Russian consulate in Krakow after evidence showed Moscow was responsible for a huge fire that almost completely destroyed a Warsaw shopping centre in 2024. Read full story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed ethical concerns about his plan to accept an airplane as a gift from the Qatari royal family, saying on Monday it would be "stupid" to turn down the generous offer. Read full story

LHASA, May 12 (Xinhua) -- A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck Lazi County in Xigaze City in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region at 5:11 a.m. Monday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CNEC). Read full story

(Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration intends to accept a Boeing 747-8 plane as a gift from the Qatari royal family that would then be outfitted to serve him as Air Force One, according to a source briefed on the matter. Read full story

The first white South Africans granted refugee status under a programme initiated by U.S. President Donald Trump boarded a plane to leave from the country's main international airport in Johannesburg on Sunday. Read full story

AMRITSAR, India/ MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - A fragile ceasefire was holding between India and Pakistan on Sunday, after hours of overnight fighting between the nuclear-armed neighbours, as U.S. President Donald Trump said he will work to provide a solution regarding Kashmir. Read full story

DUBAI (Reuters) - Top Iranian and U.S. negotiators will resume talks on Sunday to address disputes over Tehran's nuclear programme, in a push for progress as Washington hardens its stance ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East visit. Read full story

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Colombia granted asylum to Panama's former President Ricardo Martinelli, Colombian authorities said on Saturday, and two sources close to the ex-president said that he had departed the Nicaraguan embassy in Panama City for Colombia. Read full story

DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh's interim government has banned all activities of the Awami League, the political party of deposed former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, under the country's Anti-Terrorism Act, citing national security concerns. Read full story

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's former prime minister and acting president Han Duck-soo ended a short, ill-fated attempt to win the conservative party's presidential nomination on Sunday after days of internecine disputes just days out from the election. Read full story

GENEVA/WASHINGTON (Reuters): US President Donald Trump hailed talks with China in Switzerland on Saturday, saying the two sides had negotiated "a total reset ... in a friendly, but constructive, manner." Read full story

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed direct talks with Ukraine on May 15 in Istanbul that he said should be aimed at achieving a durable peace and eliminating the root causes of the war. Read full story

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed direct talks with Ukraine on May 15 in Istanbul. Read full story

ATHENS, May 10 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Tibetan dance theater production "Shambhala" captivated an audience of over 1,000 at the Christmas Theater in Athens on Saturday night. Read full story

ISTANBUL, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Eight people were killed and 20 others injured on Saturday when a passenger bus collided with a truck and a car in Trkiye's northwestern province of Canakkale, local authorities announced. Read full story

PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) -A diver died on Friday during preliminary operations to recover British tech tycoon Mike Lynch's superyacht from the waters off the coast of northern Sicily, local police said. Read full story

SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Two loud blasts were heard in Indian's Kashmir's summer capital of Srinagar on Saturday, near the city airport and the local headquarters of the army, according to an official, a Reuters witness, and local residents. Read full story

(Reuters) - A Qatari mission has begun searching for the remains of U.S. hostages killed by Islamic State in Syria a decade ago, two sources briefed on the mission said, reviving a longstanding effort to recover their bodies. Read full story

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Pakistan's defence minister said on Saturday that no meeting of the top military and civil body overseeing the country's nuclear arsenal had been scheduled following a military operation against India earlier in the day. Read full story

Vice-Premier He Lifeng said China's economy was 'off to a good start' this year as he prepared for a highly anticipated meeting with US officials Read full story

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia on Friday paraded combat drones that its forces use in the war in Ukraine on Moscow's Red Square in what state TV said was a first. Read full story

DAKAR (Reuters) - An attempt by Mali's military government to stamp out public dissent by banning all political activity will be put to the test on Friday as critics wary of security and economic woes call for protests. Read full story

DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte spends his days in a small, spartan room in detention at the Hague, awaiting trial for a bloody war on drugs that killed thousands during his time in office. Read full story