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A raging police pursuit costed this morning on Curacao to two, presumably just illegally arrived, Venezuelan immigrants.

In the fight against illegal migration, Bulgaria wants to tighten up security at the border with Turkey. The border is divided into five zones, each zone is guarded by armed troops, the Bulgarian Defense Minister said. Six hundred soldiers are deployed.

In the case of a North Korean attack on the American island of Guam in the Pacific, NATO countries are not required to provide military assistance to the Americans. According to a NATO spokesman, Guam does not form part of the area for which the duty of assistance in the North Atlantic Treaty applies.

An American navy ship has conducted an exercise on Thursday in a territorial waters of a reef where China has built an artificial island. US officials declared that the torpedo boat hunter USS John S. McCain was feeding along the Mischief Reef, part of the island group Spratly.

In the Netherlands and in the Caribbean, Dutch should also be able to watch our public broadcasting. Now programs are often unattended and live NPO tracking is already impossible.

The Balearic Islands will be more closely monitoring the illegal rental of homes to tourists from Tuesday. Homeowners on the Spanish island group can count on fines starting from that day, which can rise to 40,000 euros, Spanish media reported Sunday.

While the heatwave 'Lucifer' continues to rage through southern Europe, northern Italy is plagued by storm and storm.

The American armed forces tried a long-distance raid on Wednesday in California. The Minuteman III rocket was fired on the Vandenberg Air Force Base northwest of Los Angeles and landed 6780 kilometers west of the American Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

Google will block distracting and blocking ads in future versions of Chrome. That reports Techcrunch.

In Greece, 22,000 homes are available for 30,000 refugees. The European Commission draws 93.5 million euros to get refugees out of the shelters this year, she announced in Brussels on Thursday.

The Balearic Islands, including Majorca, Menorca and Ibiza, prohibit bullring during bullfighting from Monday. It was after the Canary Islands in 1991 the second Spanish region that has laid down this lawfully. Additionally, the bulls should not be subjected to physical and psychological pain. The duration of a bullfight is limited to 10 minutes.

During a police raid, 53-month asylum seekers were arrested in the Greek Moria reception center on Lesbos. The migrants had no papers or were rejected for the second time for a residence permit.

For the Belgian coast a eyebrow batros has been photographed. A rare observation, because this species of birds is predominantly on the Falkland Islands and in Chile.

The tsunami danger that occurred after a heavy seaquake on the coast of Kamsjatka in the far east of Russia is over. That reported the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) in Hawaii about two hours after the quake in the night of Monday on Tuesday.

The fire brigade in Croatia has the hands full of forest fires on the Adriatic coast. Also on the Dutch popular peninsula of Istria there are fires, including in the historic city of Pula. People in the vicinity of the fires have to leave their homes, victims have not fallen.

After two weeks of high temperatures and drought, the fire brigade in Greece has the hands full of fighting fires. Only fires in the whole country have been broken from Friday to Saturday morning, the fire department said.

A man from the Canadian state of New Brunswick will not forget his daughter's wedding soon. While he was speaking, he was struck by lightning. 'My family was shocked,' said JP Nadeau, who was frightened.

The former Netherlands Antilles must continue to be under financial supervision in the future. That says Age Bakker, who says goodbye after six years as chairman of the temporary colleges financial supervision.

The Egyptian parliament agreed with the transfer of two uninhabited islands in the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has to put his signature under the decision.

A day earlier than in France, the polling stations have already opened in several overseas territories for the parliamentary election. On the island group Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, voters could already have Dutch time on Saturday afternoon. This was also true for the inhabitants of French Guiana and the Caribbean islands that belong to France.

The United States does not accept China to place weapon systems on artificial islands in the South China Sea. US Secretary of State Jim Mattis (Defense) warned Saturday that Washington continues to resist the 'militarization' of the islands.

US President Donald Trump announces in a few days if he withdraws his country from the Paris climate convention. According to sources in the White House, Trump has already taken his decision and withdraws the signature of his predecessor Barack Obama. What does the climate treaty of Paris entail and what are the consequences if the Trump government no longer participates?

The Netherlands, Luxembourg and other EU countries where a 'tax haven' hangs are not part of the European blacklist of tax havens that need to be seen this year.

An American navy ship has conducted an exercise on Thursday in the territorial waters of a reef where China has built an artificial island. That told US officials.

China has set rocket launchers on a reef in the South China Sea to keep Vietnamese invaders like divers and fishermen at bay. This reported state media Wednesday in Beijing. The government emphasized that she can do Chinese islets and leave what she wants and only defensive military installations.

Ferry crew in Greece will finish work on Tuesday and Wednesday. Feathers in the Aegean Sea will therefore continue for 48 hours. The sailors are still unhappy about the measures that must counteract black work in their industry. In addition, they oppose the planned cuts to their retirement, according to PNO Trade Union Monday.

Greece, along with the organization that has been monitoring the EU's external borders (Frontex), has returned 71 migrants to Turkey since Wednesday. The returned refugees came from the islands of Chios, Lesbos and Kos.

A severe earthquake hit the north of Antarctica on Wednesday, local time. The epicenter was located near the British Southern Sandwich Islands.

The relocation of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) from London to the European Continent will cost hundreds of millions of euros. The lease agreement does not indicate a notice period and therefore the lease continues until 2039.

The reception of unaccompanied child migrants on Italian and Greek islands is lacking. Therefore, a child protection official must be stationed at each shelter, the European Court of Auditors believes.