The Solomon Islands receive international help to prevent a natural disaster. At the remote island of Rennell, fuel leaks from a cargo ship. Australia believes that companies involved...
The situation of thousands of Venezuelan refugees on Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire is so harrowing that the Dutch Red Cross wants to scale up aid to these people as soon as possible. There is…
Numerous banks leave Britain in the run-up to a possibly disordered Brexit. But not all banks: American Citigroup just keeps its European headquarters in London, and...
The Russian archipelago Nova Zembla in the Arctic Ocean has declared a state of emergency on Friday. The reason is an invasion of dozens of polar bears in inhabited territory which is likely due to...
Consternation about a world map of Ikea that is for sale. The kiwis feel ignored because their New Zealand is not on it.
The situation of refugees on the Greek islands is threatening to deteriorate further by approaching winter weather. This is what Oxfam Novib warns, which says that the temperature will fall below the...
A day after the tropical storm Pabuk, air traffic to the southern provinces in Thailand has resumed. All flights to and from Ko Samui were canceled on Friday as a precaution. Bangkok…
Some Dutch people have narrowly escaped, but other tourists and resort owners on three Thai islands are seriously prepping for tropical storm Pabuk: extra diesel,...
The Thai province of Changwat Phuket prepares for tropical storm Pabuk. High waves will accompany the storm. Tens of thousands of tourists are now from the Thai holiday islands...
In the months in which Boca Juniors secured the championship for the second time in a row and qualified for the (lost) final of the Copa Libertadores, the intended stand-in of...
The dismissed CEO of CBS does not seem impressed by the reputation damage suffered. According to Page Six, Les Moonves has just traveled to the Caribbean islands with other media magnates.
At least six people were killed by a train accident on a bridge in Denmark. A passenger train was hit by railway company DSB by objects that were taken by a freight train...
For us it will take a few hours, but in the western part of the Pacific Ocean 2019 has already started. The new year has been ushered in on many islands. Tonga and Samoa in the Polynesian...
A 71-year-old Frenchman wants to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a large barrel.
In Indonesia, at least 20 people were killed by a tsunami that reached the beaches around the Strait of Sunda on Saturday night. According to the civil protection service are certainly...
The tensions between Moscow and Tokyo threaten to grow rapidly, after Moscow announced that they would be stationing thousands of additional soldiers on two of the four Kuril Islands that Stalin had in 1945...
For the second time in a week, in New Zealand, tens of whales have washed up and died. New Zealand media reported that Thursday 80 to 90 were flushing animals on the Chatham Islands, an island group east of New Zealand. More than fifty did not survive.
The Andaman Islands authorities have begun preparations to remove the body of John Allen Chau from North Sentinel Island. The 26-year-old missionary from the US was killed there last week by members of a tribe that lives isolated from the 'civilization' on the island.
Woodstock is next year in the top 3 tourist regions recommended by Lonely Planet. The legendary hippie festival then celebrates its 50th anniversary.
With a memorial service in the Mare de Deu dels Dolors church on Mallorca, the inhabitants of the island said goodbye to thirteen people who were killed by flooding. The Spanish King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia mourned with them on Wednesday evening. Françina Armengol, the Prime Minister of the Balearic Islands, also attended the meeting.
The death toll as a result of the severe weather that hit the Spanish archipelago the Balearic Islands has risen to twelve. On Thursday, two bodies were found on the island of Mallorca, which was hit by a flood due to heavy storms on Tuesday and Wednesday.
For the 1,200 children who have been stranded in Greece without family or other adult assistance from outside the EU, the European Commission will make 24.1 million euros available. The money is intended for 'child-friendly' accommodation and for teaching unaccompanied minor migrants and refugees.
Thieves have stolen 123 young giant tortoises in the Galapagos Islands. The animals were taken from a breeding center on Isabela, the largest island of the Galapagos. The prosecution has started an investigation. The perpetrators can face up to ten years in prison if they are caught.
The Australian authorities killed two tiger sharks after tourists were bitten by the Whitsunday Islands. It is unclear whether these animals were also responsible for the attacks on a 46-year-old tourist from Tasmania and a twelve-year scholarship, message broadcaster ABC.
Greece will transfer 2000 migrants from a shelter on the island of Lesbos to the mainland before the end of the month. The Moria relief center accommodates between 2000 and 3000 refugees, but according to figures from the Greek government, there are now around 9000 people.
The number of deaths as a result of the capsized ferry on the Tanzanian part of Lake Victoria has increased to 136. A high police officer has reported this.
The Philippine authorities evacuate thousands of people from the coastal areas because of the approaching typhoon Mangkhut. The heavy storm probably reaches Luzon on Saturday, the largest island in the Philippines.
On the east coast of the United States more than one million people have been advised to leave because of the approaching hurricane Florence. The powerful hurricane is expected to land onshore in North and South Carolina on Thursday. The emergency state has now been declared there, as well as in Virginia and Maryland.
Koh Tao, one of the most popular islands in Thailand, is for many a paradise on earth. But the island is startled by an increasing number of mysterious murders, rapes and disappearances.
Sint Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius must take extreme weather conditions into account this week. Weeronline reports that hurricane Isaac, according to most computer calculations, draws on the Windward Islands on Thursday or Friday.
