Hundreds of protesters tried to prevent aid in Myanmar from being delivered. The angry Buddhists believed that the aid was intended only for Rohingya Muslims.

A topman of the French populist party Front National (FN), Florian Philippot, has left the party on his own. Philippo had for years the right hand of party leader Marine Le Pen and vice president of the UN.

Muslims in Europe have increasingly been discriminated against over the past decade. Dutch Muslims more often experience discrimination than the European average. This is evidenced by an investigation by more than 10,000 Muslims in fifteen different EU countries by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA).

Amsterdam draws a million euros for additional security measures in busy areas in the city. These should limit the risk of terrorist attacks, as can be seen in the budget for 2018 presented by Alderman Udo Kock (Finance).

A fugitive Italian was arrested by a special detective team at the Waterlooplein in Amsterdam. The Italian authorities sought the 33-year-old in connection with membership of the Ndrangheta (Sicilian Mafia) and also for drug trafficking.

Donald Trump's former campaign leader had offered a Russian billionaire to keep him informed about the state of affairs of the US presidential election last year. According to the Washington Post, it was not yet two weeks before Trump became the Republican candidate.

Recycling Network has reported due to the use of rubber pellets of old car tires on sports fields.

Dozens of millions of chickens in the Netherlands suffer from pain, including joint problems, ulcers and gastrointestinal disorders. This is not done now because there are no registered pain killers available for chickens, reports Wakker Animal based on research.

On the island of Gran Canaria rages a big fire. More than four hundred people have to flee their house. Over 2000 hectares would already have been in flames.

The British police arrested a 17-year-old boy in southern London in connection with the bombing in the London subway. That happened in the Wednesday night on Thursday in the Thornton Heath district.

The government in Myanmar is concerned about the situation in the state of Rakhine, where thousands of Rohingya Muslims fled. Vice-President Henry Van Thio said that at the United Nations meeting in New York.

Mary left a trace of destruction on the American island of Puerto Rico. In the rest of the Caribbean, the hurricane caused a ravage and cost at least ten people's lives.

The United States wants the Iraqi Kurds to abstain from the referendum on independence that the Kurdish semi-autonomous region has issued in Iraq. The US is 'strongly opposed' to the scheduled Monday referendum, let the US Department of Foreign Affairs know.

The Week Against Solitude started on Thursday. Until 1 October, many civil society organizations show what they are doing against loneliness.

The two brothers who were kicked up and hit by a group of young men from Veenendaal on King's Day 2016 are furious after the verdict of the Arnhem court. Their prosecutors were sentenced to work from 40 to 180 hours.

The extreme weather has caused the ANWB Alarm Center a fierce summer. The emergency service has helped six percent more people than last year in trouble.

A Dutch young woman who is married to a jihadist tells her that she wants to go back to the Netherlands but has no regret of her choice. 'It was a school of learning.'

Angry Catalans went to Barcelona on Wednesday night after the city has been the scene of demonstrations throughout the day.

For a retired woman who played the same five numbers in the US Lottery Powerball every time, it was after thirty years: she won 133 million dollars (112 million euros).

The mayor of Amsterdam, Eberhard van der Laan, for whom a massive tribute was held today for his office at the Herengracht, has slammed the thousands of Amsterdammers behind the window.