Sunday’s rupture follows a string of incidents that have heightened fears of Russian sabotage and spying in the strategic region.
It points the finger at China, even while acknowledging that the spy agency has “low confidence” in its own conclusion of a lab leak in Wuhan.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who is a close ally of Vladimir Putin and supports his war in Ukraine, is standing for election for the seventh time.
A keen trail runner discovers a new high in the French Alps: running at night on dark snowy mountains.
Thomas Meurot takes us behind the lens of his Sony award-winning project Kald Sòl (Cold Sun) – a raw, black-and-white exploration of cold-water surfing in Iceland.
The US officer and German citizen were shot dead during a vehicle check near the Canadian border. Both he and a companion had been under FBI surveillance.
Belarusians will vote on Sunday in a presidential election that is all but certain to see President Alexander Lukashenko win a seventh term.
Yorgen Fenech was arrested in 2019 over the murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. He denies the charges.
Knox wrongly accused a man of killing 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher. Her lawyers say police pressured her into doing so.
Italy’s interior minister says he expelled Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court because he posed a danger to society.