Category: World

Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger has died following an avalanche in Switzerland, the country’s skiing federation has said.

Denmark has announced plans to boost its defence spending for Greenland with a “stronger presence in the Arctic” – a few hours after Donald Trump repeated his call for the US to buy the vast island.

The sense of hollowness of the Church of the Nativity is deeper than absent tourists.

Syria’s de facto leader has reached an agreement with the heads of rebel factions to dissolve their groups and work under the country’s defence ministry, his new administration says.

Shipping containers have fallen into the sea after a cargo vessel tilted sideways off the Turkish coast.

The conviction of dozens of civilian supporters of Imran Khan, the former Pakistani leader, in the country’s military courts is of “deep concern” to the UK and the US, officials have said.

Hong Kong has imposed arrest warrants and HK$1m bounties on six pro-democracy campaigners, including a 19-year-old living in the UK after fleeing the city.

Hundreds of people have protested in Christian areas of the Syrian capital of Damascus after a video emerged showing hooded fighters setting a Christmas tree on fire elsewhere in the country.

A Russian cargo ship that Ukraine claims was sent to Syria to collect weapons has sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, according to officials in Moscow.

A blast at an explosives factory in Turkey has killed at least 12 people, a government minister said.