“Black Dog,” about a man released from prison who returns home to his remote town in China to rid it of stray dogs before the Olympics, only to befriend one of them, won the Cannes Film Festival’s “Un Certain Regard” competition.

Hamas says it has launched a “big” rocket attack at the Tel Aviv area in central Israel, several of which were intercepted by air defence systems, according to the Israeli military.

With this airline, dogs are ditching the kennels and flying first class.

The work of the opposition members of Parliament has not been affected despite the possibility of FijiFirst MPs losing their seats in Parliament.

Pakistani authorities have arrested 11 Islamist militants who were involved in the suicide bombing that killed five Chinese engineers in March in the north of the country which borders Afghanistan, officials said.

Twenty Fijians have been safely repatriated from New Caledonia to Australia.

A Commercial Agriculture Taskforce has been established to support the diversification and expansion of agriculture and aquaculture.

Work continues on grid extension projects in Ra.

Fiji Police MPaisa Task Force has charged a 24-year-old man from Nadi with two counts of Obtaining Financial Advantage by deception.

Four Fijians helped the Brave Lupus Tokyo defeat the Saitama Wild Knights 24-20 in the Japanese rugby championship final yesterday.

A Girls Aloud fan says getting the tickets to their concert was such a stressful experience he nearly missed out on going.

Yemen’s Houthi group freed more than 100 detainees in Sanaa, calling the move a “unilateral humanitarian initiative” to pardon prisoners and return them to their families.