A brother and his sister from Mechelen who quarrel around the clock, including about their lovely dog, are not allowed to see each other for a month. Within a month they are expected again at court.

The team that is investigating the infamous Bende van Nijvel in Belgium seems to be on a dead end. The researchers no longer believe that ex-national guard Christiaan Bonkoffsky was the prominent gang member 'De Reus', reports the Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws on the basis of sources within the judiciary.

The assumed poison gas attack in Syria was staged by a PR machine disguised as an aid organization. Russia wants to convey that message to the world on Thursday afternoon. The country says it has brought several 'dead' and 'wounded' from the videos to the Netherlands to testify.

North Korea, through leader Kim Jong-un, offered 'deep apologies' to China for the bus accident during which 36 people died, including 32 Chinese tourists. The bodies of the victims are transported to China on Thursday by train.

Ronny Jackson, the personal doctor of US President Donald Trump, according to the Washington Post is not the new Minister for Veterans Affairs. He was nominated by Trump as the successor to David Shulkin, who had to clear the field earlier.

French President Emmanuel Macron said at the end of his state visit to the United States that he fears that the United States will tear up the nuclear agreement with Iran. 'It does not seem that Donald Trump will remain in the agreement,' said the French head of state at a press conference.

Michael Cohen, the lawyer of US President Donald Trump, will not answer any questions in the lawsuit that porn actress Stormy Daniels (real name: Stephanie Clifford) has filed against him.

The American former president George H.W. Bush (93) has left intensive care. He ended up in the hospital one day after the funeral of his wife Barbara. Bush had a serious infection.

A Turkish court sentenced fourteen employees of the Cumhuriyet newspaper to prison sentences. These include editor-in-chief Murat Sabuncu, research journalist Ahmet Sik and publisher Akin Atalay.

The price for sugar in a cup of coffee or tea has gone further down the market. The investments are in price at a recent low. Farmers produce massively and thus push prices.

Charles Aznavour was hospitalized in St. Petersburg on Wednesday. The 93-year-old French singer became unwell during the rehearsal prior to his concert in the Russian city, reports the state news agency TASS. What is wrong with him is not clear. The concert that Aznavour would give was postponed.

The seriously ill British child Alfie Evans can not be treated in Italy. The parents of the 23-month-old boy wanted him to be admitted to a hospital in Rome, but a court stuck to it, according to British media, in appeal.

A European satellite that needs to monitor global warming was launched on Wednesday. The Sentinel-3B rose from a space base in the far north of Russia. It is the twin brother of the Sentinel 3A, which was already launched in 2016.

German scientists have revealed shocking research results. The snow-white ice at the North Pole, which seems so pristine, is actually filled with tiny pieces of plastic.

Thousands of people have taken to the streets in a number of German cities to show their solidarity with the Jewish community and to express their concerns about growing anti-Semitism. Many demonstrators wore a yarmulke, the traditional Jewish head covering.

After a search of more than forty years, the FBI thinks to have arrested the illustrious Golden State Killer.

French President Emmanuel Macron has called on the Americans not to turn away from the world. In a speech to the US Congress, he pointed out to politicians the decisive role that their country has played in 'creating and guarding the free world as we know it today.'

The Belgian-Lebanese publicist Dyab Abou Jahjah filed a complaint against the new book by ex-Miss Belgium and Vlaams Belang politician Anke Van dermeersch. On the cover is the Flemish with her heels on the Koran.

European countries are finalizing an additional plan to save the nuclear agreement with Iran. The American president Trump has been threatening for months to cancel the treaty, which he called insane and ridiculous, if it is not adjusted.

In the run-up to the dismantling of the terrorist organization, the ETA has handed over two cases with weapons to the French authorities. Sources of the Spanish terrorist campaign told the Spanish news agency Europa Press that the weapons were delivered in the city of Bayonne in the French Basque Country.