Iceland, an unexpected Arctic asylum for Syrian refugees

'Europe's dumping ground' suspends waste imports over landfill concerns
Portugal has stopped taking waste from abroad to protect its domestic landfill capacity during the coronavirus pandemic.

The government in Sierra Leone bans visibly pregnant girls from attending school and taking exams, claiming the girls would set a 'bad example' for their peers.

Germany is reeling after nine people were shot dead in the town of Hanau on Wednesday evening in what many is calling an act of far-right terrorism.

The van, containing supplies of methadone, is part of Portugal's answer to a heroin epidemic going back 20 years.