Scientists in Italy are investigating the mysterious appearance of pink glacial ice in the Alps, caused by algae that accelerate the effects of climate change.

Authorities in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia are on high alert after a suspected case of bubonic plague, the disease that caused the Black Death pandemic.

Drunken celebrations on English pub reopening night and US beach closures prompted a global rethink of coronavirus measures during the summer holiday season.

China has withdrawn its troops by at least a kilometre in the tense Galwan river valley in eastern Ladakh, where 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a deadly brawl with Chinese troops on June 15, Indian sources said yesterday.

Taiwan would welcome a visit by exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, its foreign ministry said yesterday, a trip that would infuriate Beijing

Israel yesterday launched a new spy satellite that it said would provide high-quality surveillance for its military intelligence. Israel has been building up

Elton John yesterday became the second artist to be honoured by Britain’s Royal Mint with a commemorative coin paying tribute to the decorated

China’s ambassador to London yesterday accused Britain of gross interference and making irresponsible remarks over Beijing’s imposition of new security legislation in Hong Kong that he said could damage future Chinese investment.

Britain has imposed sanctions on 25 Russians, including the top state investigator, 20 Saudis, and two Myanmar military leaders as part of post-Brexit measures.

The Dalai Lama has released an album of mantras and teachings on his 85th birthday.

The Indian government sources have said there are “clear signs” that the Chinese soldiers started pulling back from Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh, nearly three weeks after a violent standoff left 20 Indian soldiers dead there.

Australian officials are closing the border between Australia’s two most populous states from Tuesday for an indefinite period as they scramble to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus in the city of Melbourne.

Clashes between Russia-backed Syrian regime forces and the Islamic State group have killed more than 50 fighters on both sides in two days, a

At least 23 people were killed and 29 others injured after being struck by lightning in various districts of India’s Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. According

Visitors to the Taj Mahal will have to wear masks at all times, keep their distance and not touch its glistening marble surfaces when India’s 17th-

American rapper Kanye West, a vocal supporter of US President Donald Trump, announced on Saturday that he would run for president in 2020.

More than a million people have been affected by flooding in northeastern India, where the death toll rose to 61, authorities said yesterday.

US President Donald Trump on Saturday vowed to defeat the “radical left,” in an Independence Day speech at the White House that condemned recent protests against monuments to historical figures as attempts to destroy the United States.

The coronavirus is finding new victims worldwide, in bars and restaurants, offices, markets and casinos, giving rise to frightening clusters of infection that increasingly confirm what many scientists have been saying for months: The virus lingers in the air indoors, infecting those nearby.

Dozens of jade miners killed in a landslide in northern Myanmar were buried on Saturday, a local official says, after 77 were interred in a mass grave on Friday in one of the worst mining accidents in the country’s history.