AFP, COPENHAGEN: Denmark and Switzerland on Wednesday joined a growing number of European countries to report Zika infections among travellers returning from Latin America, where the mosquito-borne virus has been blamed for a surge in birth defects. “A Danish tourist who travelled to Central and…

AFP, RIYADH: The Saudi-backed Syrian opposition met Wednesday to decide whether to attend UN peace talks, as wrangling over who will go threatens to derail the biggest push yet to resolve the country’s war. Members of the so-called High Negotiations Committee—formed in Riyadh last month…

AFP, ATHENS: Greek rescuers recovered the bodies of six drowned migrants, including a young boy, Wednesday after their boat sank off Kos island, the coastguard said. The bodies were found during a rescue operation that was launched after a survivor reported the sinking. The man had managed to swim to…

AFP, KAOHSIUNG: Taiwan carried out military drills Wednesday with naval chiefs assuring residents the island is safe, as concerns grow that tensions will escalate with China after recent presidential elections. The drills were the first since Tsai Ing-wen of the China-sceptic Democratic Progressive…

AFP, DES MOINES, United States: White House hopeful Donald Trump will not participate in Thursday’s Republican debate, bowing out of a nationally televised showdown just four days before Iowa kicks off the presidential nomination process. Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican nomination, publicly…

AP, Kanoya: One of Mitsubishi’s legendary Zero fighters took to the skies over Japan on Wednesday for the first time since World War II. The restored…