An island in north Wales has officially been hailed as a mecca for stargazers after becoming the first location in Europe to be awarded for having one of the world’s clearest night skies. Ynys Enlli (Bardsey Island in English) off the Llŷn Peninsula
A British woman has died off the coast of Tenerife while scuba diving, according to local reports. Police have confirmed her nationality after an investigation was launched into the death of the 63-year-old. It is not clear whether she was on holiday
Canada will send navy vessels to Haiti for intelligence-gathering as part of efforts to quell worsening gang violence in the Caribbean nation, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday. Trudeau made the announcement in the Bahamas at an annual meeting of Caribbean
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says a Chinese weather balloon has landed on one of its islands, nearly two weeks after the U.S. shot down a suspected Chinese spy craft over the Atlantic Ocean. The ministry announced Thursday that the balloon found on Tungyin,
Three migrants died and 16 others were rescued off the Greek island of Lesbos on Tuesday after a dinghy transporting them from the nearby coast of Turkey hit rocks in high winds, authorities said. The coast guard said the three bodies were
Four children and a woman died when a boat carrying at least 41 migrants crashed Sunday on a rocky coast on the Greek island of Leros, authorities said. Greece’s Coast Guard said it was alerted by a person who saw a body
The bodies of eight migrants have been recovered by Italy’s coast guard during an operation overnight that also rescued 42 survivors in the central Mediterranean off the island of Lampedusa, authorities said Friday. Another two people, a newborn and a man, fell
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 struck Wednesday off the southeastern Greek island of Rhodes, according to the Athens Geodynamic Institute. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The quake rattled the nearby Turkish provinces of Mugla,
Dozens of Chinese military aircraft and four ships were detected around Taiwan on Sunday amid increased tensions, Taiwan’s defense ministry said. At least 28 of the Chinese aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, an unofficial buffer zone that separates
There is a tsunami threat for Vanuatu after the island in the Ring of Fire region was hit by a massive magnitude 7.2 earthquake. The huge earthquake struck 27 west of Vanuatu’s Port-Olry and was at a depth of 10km, the United