A top French court on Tuesday blocked a bid to allow the “burkini” at municipal pools in the city of Grenoble, upholding a government challenge against a move...
The government of Austria announced this week it will end a controversial law that mandated COVID-19 vaccines, citing the vaccine’s lower efficacy against new variants and...
Ukrainian authorities have banned the country’s main opposition party and seized all its assets. The move has been perceived by some as Zelensky undermining democracy.
Germany will be turning back to coal amid concerns about possible power shortages caused by a cut in supplies from Russia, its economy minister has said.
An iconic and well-known Hong Kong attraction, the floating restaurant boat Jumbo Kingdom, capsized on Sunday near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea after...
A fisherman in Cambodia caught the world’s largest freshwater fish last Monday, a 13-foot stingray, in the Mekong River.
Vladimir Putin was “playing hockey” at the weekend, the Kremlin has said, dismissing rumors the Russian president may be suffering from a secret medical illness.
Japan’s parliament passed new legislation on Monday that will make “online insults” punishable by up to one year in jail.
The British government on Friday ordered the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges, a milestone – but not...
Disney-Pixar’s forthcoming film Lightyear has now reportedly been banned in 14 countries over the inclusion of a same-sex kiss scene.