The famed statue of Hans Christian Andersen's Little Mermaid, one of Copenhagen's biggest tourist draws, has been vandalized with the text 'racist fish.'

China on Friday warned India against making a 'strategic miscalculation' following a bloody clash last month between forces from the two nuclear-armed Asian giants along their disputed border.

Germany’s parliament has approved legislation that criminalizes 'upskirting' and taking unauthorized photos or video of people killed in accidents.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel pushed Friday for a quick agreement on a recovery fund aimed at pulling the European Union out of the coronavirus recession, arguing that 'every day counts.'

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has started making official appearances wearing a mask, after being called out for never having being pictured wearing one despite it being part of the government's official guidance in the fight to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Air France is meeting with personnel representatives Friday to discuss thousands of job cuts after the virus pandemic grounded most flights and darkened prospects for future air travel.

An explosion occurred at a fireworks factory in northwestern Turkey on Friday, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. There were no immediate reports of any casualties.

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi expressed sadness Friday over a landslide at a jade mining site in the country's north that took at least 166 lives, blaming the tragedy on joblessness.

A private airline official, four pilots and two flights attendants went on trial in Istanbul on Friday, accused of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co. chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan to Lebanon, via Turkey.

The British government said Friday it is scrapping a 14-day quarantine rule for arrivals from about 60 countries deemed 'lower risk' for the coronavirus, including France, Spain, Germany and Italy – but not the United States, the world’s worst-hit country from COVID-19.