The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is indefinitely postponing the release of the next set of Israeli hostages being held in Gaza, spokesman Abu Obeida announced on Monday, saying Israel had failed to abide by the terms of their ceasefire agreement. Three more hostages had been scheduled to be freed on Saturday in exchange for dozens […]

Ten endangered flamingos have been saved after smugglers were caught trying to traffic them out of Tunisia, according to the country’s customs body. Photos of the birds crammed into crates with their wings, legs and torsos bound up were posted by the force online. The flamingos were rescued close to the Algerian border on Sunday, […]

A new study links devastating summer floods in southern China to unusually warm spring weather over the Tibetan plateau. Historically, warmer springs in Tibet have led to wetter summers in southern China, while cooler springs led to drier summers. In Tibet, last spring was the warmest since 1980. The modeling study found that unusual May […]

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A monkey has been blamed for causing a nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka. The island nation’s 22 million residents were mostly left without power during the outage, which began around 11am local time (5.30am GMT) on Sunday. The country’s energy minister, Kumara Jayakody, told reporters that the blackout was caused when a monkey came into