A walrus nicknamed Freya that attracted crowds while basking in the Oslo fjord was euthanised on Sunday, with Norway officials saying it was the only option but experts slamming an "infinitely sad" decision.. - 'Incredibly sad' - Experts said the decision to euthanise Freya did not taking into account the animal's well-being.
A US congressional delegation arrived in Taiwan on Sunday, officials said, days after China held military drills around the island in retaliation for US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit. . For a week after Pelosi's visit, it sent warships, missiles and jets into the waters and skies around the island.
More than 40 people were killed in a blaze that broke out during a Sunday mass in a Coptic Christian church in a suburb of Egypt's capital Cairo, church officials said.. In March 2021, at least 20 people died in a blaze in a textile factory in an eastern suburb of Cairo.
Scottish police said on Sunday they were investigating an apparent "online threat" made to Harry Potter author JK Rowling in response to her tweet supporting Salman Rushdie following his stabbing.. "We have received a report of an online threat being made and officers are carrying out enquiries," said a Police Scotland spokeswoman.
A gunman fired around five shots inside Canberra's main airport Sunday, sending passengers fleeing but injuring no one before he was detained by Australian police.. Images posted on social media showed a police officer restraining a man on the ground inside the terminal as the emergency alarm sounded in the capital's main airport.
Kyiv and Moscow have exchanged blame for fresh shelling around Europe's largest nuclear facility, which is in Russia's control and has come under fire repeatedly in the past week.. But pro-Moscow officials in the occupied areas of Zaporizhzhia blamed the shelling on Ukrainian forces.
When rockets scream across the skies of eastern Ukraine the people below are hostage to fortune.. All have survived, for now at least, on the eastern front of the war between Russia and Ukraine where life and death seem a simple matter of chance.
First they jailed their opponents, now they've set their sights on the Catholic Church: Nicaragua's first couple -- President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo -- are in a bid for absolute control over the lives of citizens, experts say.. And now, the Catholic Church has become the last bastion of resistance and rebellion against the government, riling the presidential couple.
If you think you've seen this movie before, it's because you have -- except the second time will be even more nerve-racking.. While it's been a difficult year for Biden, the last couple months have seen him turn his presidency around, racking up remarkable legislative and policy successes.
Seven people were wounded, two of them critically, after a shooter opened fire on a bus in Jerusalem's Old City early Sunday, Israeli police and medics said.. Police have launched a search for the shooter, who fled after the pre-dawn attack.
