World leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, congratulated pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron after he surged to victory against far-right's Marine Le Pen in Sunday's French Presidential election runoff. ....

Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron was declared victor after he won 20.7 million votes, firmly beating Marine Le Pen, who took about 10.6 million in the French Presidential elections' crucial runoff on Sunday. ....

Voting began on Sunday across France in the final presidential runoff where independent centrist Emmanuel Macron is vying against far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen, the media reported. ....

A head-on collision between two buses along Nigeria's Lagos-Ibadan expressway left at least 26 people dead, a road safety official said. ....

At least 29 children and three adults died when a school bus plunged into a roadside ravine in northern Tanzania, authorities said. ....

French presidential frontrunner, independent centrist Emmanuel Macron, has been the victim of a "massive and coordinated hacking operation", after files purporting to be from the campaign were posted online via social media, reports said. ....

The White House has fired chief usher Angella Reid, the first woman and second African-American to hold the position, the media reported. ....

North Korea condemned the US test launch of an inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) earlier this week, media reports said. ....

US payroll employment gains expanded at a faster pace in April, and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.4 per cent, the lowest in a decade, media reports said. ....

At least nine people were killed and dozens injured when Afghan border forces fired at a census team in Pakistan's Balochistan on Friday -- a day after the Afghan President turned down invitations to visit Islamabad. ....