A shark has killed an elderly German tourist at an Egyptian Red Sea resort, a few days after three Russians and a Ukrainian tourist were badly mauled in shark attacks.

Attacks by hungry bears are posing an increasing threat in rural Japan as they forage for food.

Budget airline easyJet called today for a public inquiry into controversial proposals to extend the runway at George Best Belfast City Airport.

FEARS persisted yesterday that thousands of Irish-owned homes in Spain could face demolition despite reassurances from property advisers.

Hundreds of Iraqi policemen fell sick from poisoning yesterday at a base in southern Iraq after the evening meal breaking their daily Ramadan fast.

French wildlife officials have released a fifth bear into the Pyrenees, the final step in a programme to repopulate the region in south-western France, the Environment Ministry said today.

OIL leaking from a bombed power station in Lebanon is threatening environmental devastation across the Mediterranean.

ROMANIA breached a major dike to divert floodwater threatening villages in the Danube delta, while Hungary evacuated thousands of people as swollen rivers spread havoc across eastern Europe yesterday.

THE Japanese government is facing an uphill struggle to persuade bureaucrats and businessmen to loosen their collars and shed their ties — if the first day of the government’s Cool Biz campaign to save energy and fight global warming is anything to go by.

Dutch customs officials have intercepted 1.6 tons of English household waste that was illegally loaded onto sea freighters destined for China.

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