The way animals are transported and slaughtered for the major Muslim holiday has health officials concerned about the threat of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever.
The Taiwanese island of Kinmen is just one mile off the coast of mainland China and many residents are divided over their increasingly cozy relationship with their wealthy neighbor.
Officials believe a boiler explosion set off the rapid blaze during a shift change at a packaging factory near the Bangladeshi capital. They fear that some missing workers are trapped in the building.
The mite larvae that transmit scrub typhus were thought to live only in parts of Asia and Australia. Now three cases have been reported in an island off Chile's coast.
China opposes North Korea's nuclear tests and has signed up for international sanctions. But China still conducts extensive trade and worries about a major crisis that would send refugees its way.
An interview with the GOP presidential nominee aired on state-funded Russian television network Thursday. And Trump has repeatedly praised Russian President Putin over the course of his campaign.