Russia's new nuclear-powered icebreaker, the Arktika, launched on its maiden voyage out of St. Petersburg Tuesday on a two-week journey to the northern port of Murmansk. [Read more]

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The Eiffel Tower was evacuated Wednesday as police in Paris investigated a bomb threat. [Read more]

Australian rescuers desperately working to save a pod of almost 300 beached pilot whales discovered hundreds more on Wednesday, bringing the estimated total to now nearly 500. [Read more]

China and India on Monday agreed to stop sending more troops to their disputed border in the Himalayas, following an escalation in tensions between the two nuclear powers. [Read more]

Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny has been discharged from hospital after his near-fatal poisoning and could potentially make a complete recovery, according to the German hospital which has been treating him since last month. [Read more]

Last week's signing ceremony on the south lawn of the White House, as Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain normalized relations, was the celebration Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted -- and the distraction he needed. [Read more]

"Excuse me, are you hafu?" the taxi driver asked. [Read more]

Montenegro's new parliament has convened for the first time since last month's election with lawmakers from formerly opposition groups set to form a new governing majority and oust from power a party that has ruled the Balkan country for some 30 years [Read more]

Germany's Cabinet has approved a 2021 budget that foresees significant borrowing for the second consecutive year as Europe's biggest economy tries to lessen the fallout of the coronavirus crisis [Read more]

German police have searched more than 60 homes and businesses in five states in connection with illegal trafficking of migrants used as workers in the meat industry [Read more]

Two oil-rich Arab Gulf states are suffering severe economic blows, as a major credit agency downgraded Kuwait for the first time and the United Arab Emirates acknowledged its economy would contract to a level last seen in 2009 [Read more]

The Prince of Wales said climate change was rapidly becoming a “comprehensive catastrophe' that will dwarf the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. [Read more]

The Pakistan Telecom Authority's recent ban on Tinder and Grindr is the latest attempt to control the lives and desires of the country's young and restless. [Read more]

The mayor's office in Krasnik, Poland said lawmakers voted in favor of controversial legislation targeting "radicals striving for a cultural revolution." [Read more]

German chemical weapons experts have determined that he was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. [Read more]

China's Xi Jinping responded to President Trump's comments about the coronavirus and warned that China will not "engage in zero sum game." [Read more]

"This is the moment when we must act," Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Britons as hit pubs and restaurants with new rules. [Read more]

It's not yet clear whether Alexei Navalny could suffer long-term effects from the Novichok nerve agent, but he's already back to mocking Putin. [Read more]

There are only about 30 of the long-finned pilot whales from the pod still alive, and rescuers are racing to save as many as possible. [Read more]

Theo Bertram, TikTok's director of government relations and public policy in Europe, lifted the lid on some of TikTok's closely guarded secrets while being grilled by politicians. [Read more]

Germany has been praised for its tackling of the coronavirus pandemic, but it's been accused of ignoring other areas of business and society that have suffered. [Read more]

Saudi Arabia has long been committed to Palestinian statehood, but the narrative has shifted in recent years. [Read more]

Sweden's chief epidemiologist has partly blamed the country's high coronavirus death toll on mild flu outbreaks in recent winters. [Read more]