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Japan’s media said that Tokyo sent a warship to patrol the Taiwan Strait, which China claims to hold jurisdiction over. The action came after China sailed an aircraft carrier between two Japanese islands....
The Pakistani military says eight militants have been killed in a raid on a former bastion of the Pakistani Taliban. The group is allied with the Taliban rulers in neighboring Afghanistan.
Following a celebrated scheme to bring wolves back to Europe, strict protections look set to be downgraded. Animal groups have argued the decision is politically motivated....
One suspect turned himself in after an overnight explosion in Cologne with another one still on the run, according to police. It was not clear if the latest blast is part of the apparent wave of drug-related violence.
Swiss police say they have detained several people and opened a criminal case a day after the first use of the “Sarco” capsule to end a person’s life. Assisted dying is legal in Switzerland in some circumstances....
The first direct high-speed train service between both cities will be running from December, according to Deutsche Bahn. It will offer a journey without transfers, with stops in Frankfurt, Strasbourg and Karlsruhe.
Police raided more than 20 properties in southwestern Germany and arrested at least four people. The case pertains to trafficking people from the Caucasus region to work illegally and for less than the minimum wage....
Police did not identify the discount supermarket chain. However, they said the cocaine was found at stores in several cities across the state of North Rhine-Westphalia....
Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats managed to fight off the far-right AfD in the regional vote. However, questions about the future of Germany’s ruling coalition remain....
A study has found that a 10,000-year-old human genome is genetically similar to ethnic groups currently living in South Africa’s Western Cape Province.
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Voters in Switzerland have voted “no” to measures on biodiversity preservation and pension reforms, according to official initial results....
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has agreed to appoint a legal representative in Brazil following a Supreme Court order in August. However, Judge Alexandre de Moraes has requested more proof of the lawyer’s power of attorney....
Biden was caught on hot mic saying that China was “testing us all across the region.” The comments came as the US president hosted a Quad summit with Australian, Japanese and Indian leaders....
“Wherever I go, I find myself confronted with the accusations of double standards,” said EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell at Oxford University in May. At last year’s Munich Security Conference (MSC), French President Emmanuel Macron said: “I am struck by how much we are losing the trust of the Global South.”...
Police have shot and killed a polar bear that came ashore in northwestern Iceland, the first sighting of a polar bear there since 2016. It might have hitched a ride from Greenland on a floating iceberg.
Chu Kai-pong was convicted for wearing a “seditious” t-shirt. A new law has greatly increased the penalties for acts deemed seditious by the courts....
A hacker group known as Flax Typhoon was able to infect hundreds of thousands of devices around the world, authorities said. China has denied any involvement in the malicious botnet....
The Taiwanese company whose name appeared on the pagers that detonated across Lebanon has denied manufacturing the devices. That has put relatively unknown Hungarian and Bulgarian firms in the spotlight....
The United States said the hackers sent emails, which included stolen excerpts from Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, to staff of his then-rival, Joe Biden. Both presidential candidates said such attempts took place.
The researchers found sweeping changes in overall brain neuroanatomy which unfolded week by week during the pregnancy....
The explosion was the second in a week in Cologne’s city center. Police said it was still too early to say if there was a connection. Sniffer dogs were on the site as officers investigated.
