MPs will vote by secret ballot – the opposition believes this will help them oust South Africa’s leader.

LONDON (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani presented his cabinet to parliament for a vote of confidence on Tuesday, keeping in place the chief architect of Tehran’s nuclear accord with global powers.

South Africa’s parliament is preparing to vote on a motion of no confidence in embattled South African President Jacob Zuma.

TOKYO (Reuters) – Mazda Motor Corp unveiled plans for the world’s first commercial gasoline engine using compression ignition, placing traditional engines at the center of its strategy days after saying it would develop electric cars with Toyota Motor Corp.

DENVER (Reuters) – Lawyers on both sides of a trial pitting pop star Taylor Swift against a Colorado radio personality she accused of groping her were expected on Tuesday to deliver opening statements to jurors hearing the case in a federal courtroom in Denver.

BERLIN (Reuters) – Turkey has agreed to let German lawmakers visit soldiers serving at an air base in Turkey next month as part of a NATO trip, a letter from the German foreign minister showed on Tuesday, after Ankara refused a visit there in July.

The US-led coalition denies it was to blame, as the Iranian-backed group vows to take revenge.

One is in a “very worrying” condition in France after suffering a cardiac arrest.

DUBAI (Reuters) – The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen denied on Tuesday that it had targeted a home, after a health official said nine civilians were killed in an air strike.

A Pakistani provincial spokesman says the country’s deposed prime minister is adamant to hold a rally in his powerbase, the city of Lahore, despite a deadly bombing there the previous day.

MYAETINEKAN VILLAGE, Myanmar (Reuters) – Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has turned to state-run media inherited from the former junta in an overhaul of her PR approach, after warnings her agenda is being swamped by crises and amid fears among rights groups of eroding free speech.

A French farmer remains defiant over helping African migrants to cross from Italy.

The singer stepped out in a jewel-encrusted costume at the Crop Over festival in Barbados.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 shook the southwestern Turkish town of Bodrum on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

A French activist farmer has been convicted of helping migrants illegally cross the border from Italy.

Haruo Nakajima, who wore the Godzilla body suit for 12 movies, was 88 years old.

Australia’s prime minister said Tuesday that Parliament could legalize gay marriage this year if the nation’s voters endorse it in a rare nonbinding poll in November.

In Egypt, where many suffer under economic hardship, 35-year-old entrepreneur Ahmed Saeed el-Feki has been working hard to make something of himself.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia will vote in November on whether to allow same-sex marriage, settling a long-stalled debate by the end of this year, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Tuesday.

An incident that left an Australian boy covered in blood has been described as “very unusual”.

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Thailand on Tuesday in the highest level visit by a U.S. official since a military coup in 2014 soured relations with the United States and brought the ruling junta closer to China.

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Thailand on Tuesday in the highest level visit by a U.S. official since a military coup in 2014 soured relations with the United States and brought the ruling junta closer to China.

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday named Air Force General Jeong Kyeong-doo to lead the country’s Joint Chiefs of Staff amid tensions with North Korea, which continues to carry out provocations in defiance of international sanctions.

Foreign ministers from 14 nations are meeting in Peru on Tuesday in hopes of finding consensus on a regional response to Venezuela’s growing political crisis, while President Nicolas Maduro’s all-powerful constitutional assembly is forging ahead on promises to punish the embattled leader’s foes.

The leading edge of Tropical Storm Franklin began moving onto Mexico’s Yucatan, and the storm was expected to pass over the peninsula during the night before entering the Bay of Campeche on a path toward central Mexico.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Franklin churned toward the tourist hubs along Mexico’s Caribbean coast on Monday, and is expected to strike the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula just south of major resorts, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC).

China’s trade growth weakened in July in a negative sign for the country’s economic growth and global demand.

TOKYO (Reuters) – Typhoon Noru raked Japan’s main island of Honshu with heavy rains and strong winds on Tuesday, despite being downgraded to a tropical storm, flooding rivers and prompting the evacuation of thousands at one point, but staying well away from Tokyo.

The Latest on Kenya’s elections (all times local): 6:15 a.m.

The Israeli military says a combat helicopter has crashed in a training accident, killing one pilot and critically injuring another.