In case of a major earthquake off the west coast of Chile, two people were killed, reports the Chilean earthquake service. The epicenter of the quake of 6.7 was according to the American seismological...
The International Organization for Migrants (IOM) reports that 117 migrants may have drowned in the Mediterranean after their rubber dinghy sunk off the coast of Libya. The Italian...
The former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo will remain detained for the time being, because the prosecutors of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have appealed against his release. Which…
The International Criminal Court released Laurent Gbagbo, former President of the Ivory Coast, after more than seven years.
The Netherlands and seven other EU countries include 49 migrants who are on board two ships. The Prime Minister of Malta, Joseph Muscat, made this outcome of consultations between European countries...
Many bathers in Australia have been painfully in contact with the tentacles of Portuguese warships, a collection of poisonous polyps that are also called jellyfish by their appearance....
At least 30 miners were killed by a landslide in an Afghan gold mine on Sunday. The disaster occurred in the northern province of Badachsjan, reports a...
Pirates have kidnapped six Russian sailors off the coast of West Africa. That is what the Russian news agency TASS reports.
On the French coast near Calais, probably remains of a German submarine from the First World War washed ashore. According to a local guide, it concerns Unterseeboot UC 61.
Jean-Claude Juncker has complained about the attitude of several countries about a stronger European border and coast guard. According to the President of the European Commission, EU member states...
A 20-year-old entertainer of a cruise company is missing after being thrown overboard on a ship on his way to Sint Maarten.
A 71-year-old Frenchman wants to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a large barrel.
The Indonesian authorities warn of 'extreme weather and high waves' around the erupted volcano Anak Krakatau in the Strait of Sunda. They also insist on staying away from the coast...
The United Arab Emirates have released photos with Princess Sheikha Latifa. With this the wave state wants to suppress rumors that it would not go well with her.
The Indonesian authorities warn everyone in the disaster area to stay away from the coast for fear of a possible second tsunami. 222 people were killed in the flood. In front of…
The exact cause of the tsunami in Indonesia is still difficult to determine. That is what seismologist Rob Govers tells De Telegraaf. It is clear that the volcano Anak Krakatau is the culprit. The…
For centuries the 'black gold' was extracted from the ground of the Ruhr area. But yesterday came the long-awaited 'Schicht im Schacht', the definitive end of the work teams in German mines. The…
Four stowaways on the Italian cargo ship Grande Tema threaten the boat personnel. They demand that they be brought near the coast so that they can swim to land from there.
In the Bering Sea to the east of the Russian Kamchatatska peninsula, at a depth of more than 9 kilometers and a heavy earthquake with a force of 7.4.
He is called the 'Polish Fritzl': Mariusz S., a native of a tiny village on the coast, let his own wife batter for years, starve and rape in a basement and rape by family and...
The demolition of the remainder of the disaster bridge in Genoa has to start next week. The president of the region of Liguria, Giovanni Toti, is hopeful that the judge on Monday the seizure of the...
On the east coast of Australia a surfer has been badly injured by a bite from a shark. The 36-year-old has lost a lot of blood and deep wounds in his leg have been left with the attack, according to broadcaster ABC.
A Spanish warship has provoked the British authorities on Tuesday by entering the territorial waters of Gibraltar and letting the Spanish national anthem blow through the speakers on deck. A small boat from the British navy escorted the Spanish frigate on its challenging trip along the rock.
Trumps company wanted to give President Putin a penthouse of 50 million dollars. The Russian president could then live in the top of the 100-storey Trump Tower in Moscow. The gift should have tempted Putin to approve the project. Trump has been dreaming of his name in gold letters on a tower in Moscow for years.
Ukraine has filed a complaint against Russia at the European Court of Human Rights. The reason is the appearance of the Russian Coast Guard against Ukrainian ships in the Kerch Strait near the coast of the Crimean peninsula. The incident last Sunday, in which Ukrainian passengers were arrested, has led to international tensions.
On a Dutch sailing yacht that sailed near Sicily, 11 tons of hash was found. The two people on board have been arrested. According to the Italian customs they come from Bulgaria and they are about 40 years old. The yacht, the Leucothea, has been confiscated.
Moscow must be informed in advance if foreign naval vessels want to pass through the northeastern passage, the sea route along the Russian north coast or Siberia.
About one and a half million children in the civil war-torn Central African Republic (CAR) are dependent on emergency aid. At least 43,000 of them will suffer from life-threatening hunger in 2019. Furthermore, almost every child in the poverty-stricken country needs protection against warring groups. The UN children's rights organization Unicef announced this on Friday.
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 police in Vienna hunt three suspects who stole a painting by Pierre Auguste Renoir from an Austrian auction house. The canvas would be auctioned on Wednesday but was strangely stolen by strangers.
