Andrew Holness is sworn in as Jamaica's youngest-ever PM and the first to be born after independence, after the resignation of Bruce Golding.

Pakistan's former first lady, Begum Nusrat Bhutto, dies in Dubai aged 82 after a long illness.

A grenade attack on a nightclub in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, injures 14 people, say police.

A Lufthansa flight makes an unscheduled landing in Zurich because of a strange smell coming from the kitchen of the aircraft.

Tunisia counts votes in the first free election of the Arab Spring, nine months after the fall of former President Ben Ali.

Rescue teams search for people trapped under rubble after a strong quake in Turkey's eastern Van region kills more than 200.

A single malt distilled in one of Scotland's most remote distilleries is named the world's best whisky by a leading expert.

Tens of thousands of New Zealanders turn out to cheer a parade to mark the All Blacks' victory on home soil in the Rugby World Cup.