A year ago few would have believed that Hassan Rouhani would struggle to win re-election in Iran. But when Iran goes to the polls on 19 May, Rouhanis future is far from certain. Hardliners have coalesced around Ebrahim Raisi, a 56-year-old cleric that is sceptical of Irans nuclear deal with the West and is understood to have the favor of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Irans Supreme Leader.May 17, 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump says hes been treated the most unfairly of any politician in history by the media. He made the comments in a speech at the US Coast Guard commencement on 17 May, after a week of scandals at the White House following his firing of FBI Director James Comey and increasing calls for an independent probe of possible collusion between his 2016 campaign and Russia.May 18, 2017
Protesters flooded Sao Paulos Avenida Paulista on the evening of 17 May after Brazilian newspaper Globo reported secret recordings linked President Michel Temer to a corruption scandal. Protesters called for Temers impeachment after Globo reported that two businessman had shared a recording of Temer allegedly approving payments to buy the silence of former lower house Speaker Eduardo Cunha with prosecutors.May 18, 2017
After a global ransomware attack that compromised as many as 45 NHS hospitals in England and Scotland, Home Secretary Amber Rudd has stressed that patient data has not been accessed, but said that NHS trusts need to learn lessons from the experience.May 13, 2017
Delivering an address in Beijing at the One Belt, One Road summit – a trade initiative by China which aims to bring together dozens of states - Putin called on heads of state to abandon belligerent rhetoric to solve various geopolitical crises. He called protectionism and illegal sanctions a danger to openeness and free trade, a critizism directed at the European Union over the sanctions imposed on Russia after the annexation of Crimea.May 14, 2017
Britain hopes for increased trade with China as Beijing presses forward with its ambitious Silk Road plan aimed at developing worldwide growth. Also known as the Belt and the Road initiative, the Silk Road programme hopes to increase global infrastructure and open up international trade routes in Eurasia.May 14, 2017
Portugal has won the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest. It is the first time in Eurovision history the country has won. Singer Salvador Sobral received 785 points for his heartfelt ballad sung in Portuguese.Bulgaria came second with 615 points and Moldova came third with 374. UKs Lucie Jones came in at a respectable 15th place with 111 points.May 14, 2017
Emmanuel Macron has been inaugurated as Frances eight president. The pro-European centrist is the youngest-ever president to be sworn it. The 39-year-old won against Marine Le Pen in the second round of elections on 7 May.Before the ceremony, Macron held a meeting with outgoing socialist leader François Hollande. Macron has to pick a prime minister and is expected to meet with German chancellor Angela Merkel shortly after.May 14, 2017
A Mars vehicle looking a lot like a Batmobile has been unveiled at the Kennedy Space Center. Although the center is owned by NASA, the space agency was not involved in funding the project. It was developed by Parker Brothers Concepts and SeaDek.The vehicle can split in half, with the front acting as a scouting vehicle and the rear as a lab. It is made from aluminum and carbon-fiber and weighs 5,000 pounds.While it is designed to function on Mars it is unlikely to travel to the red planet any time soon. Instead, the rover will go on an educational tour promoting an upcoming cable TV show.May 15, 2017
Theresa May was confronted on the general election campaign trail by an angry disabled voter in Oxfordshire, England, on Monday 15 May.Cathy, who bumped into the prime minister as she toured a local market, told May face-to-face that she wanted her Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to return.May 16, 2017
Ransomware is a malicious piece of software that infects a machine and encrypts its files, making them inaccessible until the user pays a ransom in Bitcoin. The ransomware spreads between machines by exploiting a leaked tool developed by the NSA that can attack multiple unsecure devices across a network of computers.May 16, 2017
