Reuters Former intelligence official Egisto Ott has been found guilty of spying for Russia, in what has been dubbed Austria's biggest spy trial in years.
A jury in Vienna found Ott, 63, guilty of having handed over information to Russian intelligence officers and to Jan Marsalek, the fugitive executive of collapsed German payments firm Wirecard.
Ott, who denies the charges, was sentenced to four years and one month in prison. His lawyer has
AFP via Getty Images Sierra Leone has become the latest African country to receive migrants deported from the United States amid Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration.
A plane carrying nine West African migrants landed at Sierra Leone's international airport, just outside the capital, Freetown, on Wednesday morning.
Last week, Foreign Minister Timothy Musa Kabba told the Reuters news agency his country had agreed to accept up to 300 people a year expelled by the United
Grapevine Police Department A man has been arrested in Texas accused of intentionally driving his Tesla Cybertruck into a lake to use the vehicle's "wade mode" feature.
The Grapevine Police Department said its officers were called to Grapevine Lake in north Texas on Monday to recover the vehicle, which had been abandoned by the driver and passengers after it took on water and became stuck.
Wade mode allows a Cybertruck "to enter and drive through bodies of water, such as rivers or creeks" at a maximum depth
EPA For a moment you could have mistaken Beijing for Moscow.
As Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping walked the red carpet towards the Great Hall of the People, a Chinese military band played the romantic Russian classic Moscow Nights.
"If only you knew how these Moscow Nights are dear to me," goes the refrain.
Hidden in the notes, was there a hint of political romance?
"My dear friend," said Putin to Xi.
"My old friend
Reuters Danish environment officials are planning to remove the carcass of a humpback whale from the island of Anholt, as concerns are raised of a potential health risk.
The dead whale was discovered last weekend, two weeks after a private bid aimed at rescuing the humpback that spent weeks stranded along Germany's Baltic Sea coast.
"It's around 20-30m (65-100ft) from the beach but it
Office Of Itamar Ben Gvir/Handout via Reuters There has been international condemnation of Israel's treatment of pro-Palestinian activists who were on board a Gaza-bound aid flotilla intercepted by Israeli naval forces.
His actions also drew rare criticism from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said they were "not in line with Israel's values".
A rights group representing the 430 people from more than
Europa Press via Getty Images When Jonathan Andic, son of the late founder of one of Europe's biggest clothing empires, posted €1m (£865,000) in bail shortly after being arrested in connection with his father's death, it was the latest twist in a saga that has gripped and mystified Spain.
Isak Andic, who created the Mango clothes brand, died
Getty Images The US military has been publicly broadcasting the location of military surveillance flights near Cuba on plane-tracking websites, as Washington continues to exert pressure on the island's communist leadership.
Leaving flight transponders on "is likely deliberate", said UK drone expert Dr Steve Wright, with the US intending to send "a clear message it has eyes in the sky to maintain the squeeze".
BBC Verify analysis of data from flight-tracking website Flightradar24 shows at least five US Navy P-8A