Winfried Kretschmann Winfried Kretschmann is set to be the first Green German state premier after the party success in elections in Baden-Württemberg.
Sian O'Callaghan A 47-year-old taxi driver is charged with the murder of Sian O'Callaghan, who vanished while walking home from a night club in the English city of Swindon last weekend.
South Korea South Korea will repatriate 27 North Koreans who inadvertently drifted across the maritime border.
Radioactive iodine The level of radioactive iodine in the Pacific Ocean near the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant reaches 1850 times normal levels following the recent accidents.
Arab Spring Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh scraps an offer to resign by the end of this year, as Islamist militants take control of a town in the south of the country.