Norwegian authorities on Tuesday announced that avian influenza has been documented in a polar bear for the first time in Europe, in the Svalbard region in the Arctic. The H5N5 variant of the virus was detected in samples taken from a male bear...
UK police on Tuesday said they were investigating two claims of historical child sexual abuse in Britain that emerged in files about the late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Police in Surrey, southeastern England, said they were...
French shipping company CMA CGM and German transport giant Hapag-Lloyd have suspended new freight container deliveries to Cuba, the companies said, following a US order imposing new sanctions on the Caribbean island. The suspensions come after US...
India will host a meeting of the “Quad” group, which includes Australia, Japan and the United States, the US embassy in New Delhi said on Tuesday without specifying a date. The embassy said Secretary of State Marco Rubio would attend and...
The Nigerian military said Tuesday that joint airstrikes it launched with US forces at the weekend have killed 175 jihadists from the Islamic State group in Nigeria, including the group’s global second-in -command. US and Nigerian militaries...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that the World Health Organization, the UN body from which President Donald Trump pulled out, was late in identifying a deadly outbreak of Ebola. Asked by reporters how the United States would respond...
Russia has been pushing for years to build a new pipeline to China to deliver billions of dollars’ worth of natural gas to its close ally. But progress has been slow amid hesitation in Beijing. As Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for...
Iran reopened its stock exchange on Tuesday after the longest shutdown in its history, caused by the war with the United States and Israel, local media reported. “After nearly 80 days … the Tehran Stock Exchange reopened this...
Massively popular online shooter “Fortnite” was again available on Apple’s online App Store, developer Epic Games said Tuesday, adding that it was “confident” of prevailing in a court battle with the iPhone maker. Epic...
The yield on the 30-year US Treasury bond touched its highest level since 2007 on Tuesday, a sign of rising worries over inflation amid the Middle East war. Near 1400 GMT, the yield stood at 5.17 percent after earlier hitting 5.18 percent. The...
A NATO fighter jet shot down a Ukrainian drone in Estonian airspace on Tuesday, after it was reportedly diverted from its course by a Russian jamming system, Estonia’s defence minister announced. It was the first interception of a foreign...
NATO’s top commander said Tuesday he was “thinking” about how the alliance could help in the Strait of Hormuz, but no formal planning had begun yet. “Am I thinking about it? Absolutely. But there’s no planning yet until...
Britain’s trade minister Chris Bryant said Tuesday he hopes to one day see his country rejoin the European Union, in a further sign the UK is headed for a new domestic fight over Brexit. “Brexit has delivered enormous problems for the UK...
Greenland is “obliged” to find a solution with the United States over President Donald Trump’s desire to control the Arctic island, its leader said on Tuesday. Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said any solution to the conflict...
Israel’s far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said Tuesday that the International Criminal Court prosecutor has requested an arrest warrant against him, accusing the Palestinian Authority of pushing for the move. Smotrich said he would...
