"host" command fails to resolve hostnames containing non-ASCII characters when executed non-interactively

Issue

• When executing host command as part of a script or a service, i.e. in a non-interactive shell context, the hostnames containing non-ASCII characters cannot be resolved, e.g.

  $ crontab -e
  * * * * * host www.tribunal-fédéral.ch > /tmp/host.out 
  
  $ sleep 60
  $ cat /tmp/host.out
  Host www.tribunal-fédéral.ch not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
  

• The issue also occurs when piping the output while executing the command in an interactive shell, e.g.

  $ host www.tribunal-fédéral.ch | tee /tmp/host.out
  Host www.tribunal-fédéral.ch not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)