Tehran has ordered a Swedish diplomat to leave Iranian territory within 48 hours, after Sweden expelled an Iranian diplomat from its embassy in Stockholm on Wednesday over activities described as incompatible with diplomatic norms.

When Germany’s finance minister chose Volkswagen’s headquarters to deliver a warning about China, the symbolism wasn’t subtle. Standing in the shadow of the carmaker’s flagship plant on Thursday, Lars Klingbeil told Brussels it was time to stop pulling punches with Beijing — a message aimed less at EU trade officials than at the tens of…

European leaders are once again rushing to mitigate rising oil prices as Saudi cargoes are delayed or cancelledamid another conflict escalation in the Middle East, raising fears of soaring prices at the pump across many capitals.

Russia has ordered a batch of one of its most widely used dog vaccines destroyed after finding a live virus in some of its samples, confirming a link to deaths reported across the country since August.

Fiji has declared a national HIV crisis as sexual transmission and illicit drug use help to spread the virus, now infecting an estimated one in 60 adults in the Pacific nation, up from one in 167 five years earlier.

Few European islands pack in so much variety. Gran Canaria brings together sand dunes, volcanic highlands, a UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape, celebrated local food and a capital city with genuine urban energy, all of it across an island with 236 kilometres of coastline.