12+ hour, 42+ min ago   (148+ words) Vilnius: A momentary airspace alert in Lithuania’s capital Vilnius came to a quick close after National Crisis Management Center officials determined an object detected by radar suspected to be a drone was simply a flock of birds. The alert was…...

13+ hour, 43+ min ago   (410+ words) Cape Town: A viral outbreak of pilchard herpesvirus is the most likely cause of a widespread marine mortality event that has wiped out sardines along 2,600 kilometers of southern African coastline, according to environmental officials in South Africa. In a statement,…...

19+ hour, 9+ min ago   (226+ words) Jakarta: Six people have died and 130 remain missing after a ferry capsized in the Java Sea off Indonesia, Indonesian authorities said on Sunday, as search and rescue teams continued efforts to locate those unaccounted for. The Indonesian search and rescue…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (335+ words) Jakarta: An Indonesian ferry carrying 243 passengers and crew is out of contact while sailing north in bad weather from Java to Borneo, rescue officials said Sunday. The passenger and cargo ship Virgo Transport 8 departed from Surabaya, East Java, on Saturday…...

20+ hour, 2+ min ago   (274+ words) Hainan HAIKOU: More than 31,000 people have been evacuated from at-risk areas in south China's Hainan Province as persistent heavy rain battered parts of the island. As of 750 p.m. Sunday, 31,564 people had been relocated, though no major disasters were reported, according to…...

21+ hour, 49+ min ago   (368+ words) Paris, France: France's interior minister on Sunday urged caution as authorities investigated the derailment of a train that injured 44 people, amid questions over whether the incident could have been an act of sabotage. The train, carrying 186 passengers, derailed on Friday…...

23+ hour, 38+ min ago   (169+ words) Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Saturday expressed deep concern over the further deterioration of the situation in the Middle East, including missile and drone attacks on the territory of the Kingdom of…...

23+ hour, 41+ min ago   (116+ words) Stockholm: "Mag-da-le-na!" The composer of legendary Swedish pop group ABBA on Sunday gave the band's hit "Mamma Mia" a campaign makeover to rally support for left-wing opposition candidate Magdalena Andersson. "I thought, why not come and play for Magdalena?" Benny…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (205+ words) Environment Minister in South Australia, Emily Bourke Canberra: Australian authorities on Sunday reported the first case of the H5N1 avian influenza in an endangered sea lion. Environment Minister in South Australia, Emily Bourke, told reporters that testing detected the highly pathogenic…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (653+ words) Saptari, Nepal: For 10 days, Nepali hydropower worker Sanjay Sah survived in darkness inside a flooded tunnel, drinking muddy water and losing all sense of time as he desperately prayed for rescue. When a disaster response team finally pulled him to…...