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Chelsea's interim manager Rafael Benitez deserves credit for his work at the club, says Blues defender Gary Cahill.

Southampton boss Mauricio Pochettino says it "would not make sense" for him to stay at the club if chairman Nicola Cortese leaves.

Kidnappers in southern Yemen free three Red Cross workers and their Yemeni interpreter.

Japanese car manufacturer Honda will return to Formula 1 in 2015 as engine suppliers to the McLaren team.

Andy Murray's mother Judy says her son's priority will be getting fit for Wimbledon as he battles with a back injury.

Taiwan conducts military exercises near the Philippines following a diplomatic row over the death of a Taiwanese fisherman.

Lonmin mineworkers in South Africa are returning to work after their two-day strike in protest at the shooting of a senior union official at the weekend.

The HS2 rail project has an estimated £3.3bn funding gap and the benefits for the economy are "unclear", the National Audit Office says.

The EU warns it may investigate claims that Chinese telecom firms have been paid subsidies, allowing them to flood markets with cheap equipment.

Part of a shoe factory collapses in Cambodia, leaving at least two people dead and more feared trapped, officials say.

AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli says he will walk off the pitch if he is ever again racially abused by supporters.

BP appeals to Prime Minister David Cameron to intervene over the escalating compensation costs of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.

Zimbabwe seeks to preserve its colonial farmhouses

Protesters take to the streets of Kunming in China for the second time this month over plans for a chemical plant.

Mosquitoes carrying the malaria parasite are more attracted to human body odour than uninfected insects, scientists report.

Fans of the new Pontiff are being offered the chance to learn more about his childhood with organised Pope-themed bus tours of his home town in Buenos Aires.

Baz Luhrmann and the cast of The Great Gatsby have put on a show as the film opened the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

Japan's economy, the third largest in the world, expands at its quickest pace in a year, showing signs of an economic recovery.

Part of a shoe factory collapses in Cambodia, leaving at least two people dead and more feared trapped, officials say.

At least 34 people have been killed in series of bomb attacks across Iraq, several of which targeted mainly Shia districts of Baghdad, officials say.