Category: 4. World

Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland for the first time as global heating makes the country more hospitable for insects.

The country was until this month one of the few places in the world that did not have a mosquito population. The other is…

PARIS — PARIS (AP) — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy entered a prison in Paris on Tuesday to begin serving a 5-year sentence for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya — a historic moment…

Nicolas Sarkozy’s election as French president in April 2007 enjoyed record local viewing figures for the time, with some 13.3 million people tuning in as results rolled in.

Eighteen years later, the former president drew millions of…

The prefecture confirmed that four of the injured remain in critical condition, while five sustained serious injuries. The storm, described as a “mini-tornado,” hit around 5:45 p.m., causing widespread destruction across several…

“It’s a great appointment, it’s also a great honor for Belgium,” Peter Piot, until now the first and only Belgian to have served as a U.N. undersecretary-general, told De Morgen. “UNDP is the most important organization of the U.N….

As Iyad Abu Ramadan, head of the Chamber of Commerce in Gaza City, arrived at his office on Monday morning, he saw a group of masked, armed men in civilian clothing standing at an intersection outside.

He is sure they were Hamas operatives,…