Four Central Asian countries have stepped up health checks amid concerns the incident could lead to the spread of pneumonic plague, although the World Health Organization has downplayed the public health risk.

Chaos erupts across France as student-led demonstrations turn violent. Thomas Corbett-Dillon warns that the protests have been hijacked by far-left groups amid nationwide clashes with police over education funding.

High school students have been protesting across France over school understaffing, overcrowded classrooms and dilapidated buildings. The demonstration movement began last month in a single school in the suburbs of Paris,

Protesting pupils blockaded their high schools again Tuesday, a day of planned demonstrations that will test the resilience and energy of a weeks-old nationwide movement demanding more resources for the school system.

Belgian-American Particle physicist Francis Halzen ⁠won ⁠the 2026 Nobel Prize in ⁠Physics for "decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the ​discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin",

Francis Halzen has won the Nobel Prize in physics for his work on neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that offer clues to the universe’s evolution

Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles.

Belgium-born scientist Francis Halzen awarded prize for pioneering work on how to detect neutrinos in a giant ice cube

News that a female staffer at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East had died from a “pneumonia of undetermined” origin last week has spread fears worldwide.

Russian authorities say a staffer at a plague research institute in Siberia contracted pneumonia of an unknown cause, and local state TV reported the woman died last week

Health authorities in Russia’s Irkutsk region launched anti-epidemic measures.

The death of a 28-year-old woman who worked in an anti-plague laboratory in Russia is raising concerns about what caused her illness.

The far-right Alternative for Germany ⁠convened ⁠for the first sitting of the Saxony-Anhalt state ⁠parliament on Tuesday but, a month a

The AfD's Tobias Rausch was elected speaker of Saxony-Anhalt's state parliament on Tuesday, marking the first time the far-right party has held such a post in Germany. View on euronews

At its first session, the new state parliament in Saxony-Anhalt is to vote on a speaker nominated by the far-right AfD. The foreign minister has warned that the climate crisis could fuel extremism. DW has more.

The outcome hinges on five deputies from the BSW party, in a vote seen as a first test of relations between the two before the AfD's bid to lead the state government in December. View on euronews

North Korea's ​Foreign Ministry rejected on Tuesday blame from South Korea for a border landmine blast, ‌and threatened its neighbour with "immediate and powerful counteraction" for any violation of territory.

South Korea said on Monday that ⁠a ⁠recent border blast that seriously ⁠wounded two of its soldiers was caused by mines planted by North ​Korea. North Korea, which has been fortifying its border with South Korea since April 2024,

The announcement came days after North Korea denied responsibility for the Sept. 21 blasts and threatened “merciless” retaliation if provoked over the case.

South Korea is preparing a response to force North Korea to apologise for ​a mine blast in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that seriously wounded ‌two South Korean soldiers, a defence ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday.