Because of bad weather in the US state of Texas Friday least two deaths. The cars of the men were swept away when fields were flooded by torrential rains. South of the city of Austin fell in a few hours more than 30 centimeters. An older woman is missing.
Refugees who wish to Austria from Germany, from Saturday to only five places to cross the border. In which five border crossings be equipped special checkpoints. The German government on Friday it reached an agreement with the Austrian authorities. Thus, the influx of immigrants from Austria should go smoothly orderly.
Residents of South Africa called the incident "justice for the lion Cecil ' : Last week, a group of five illegal hunters near the Kruger park attacked by a lion. One of the hunters was torn, the rest managed to climb a tree or flee.
A week after the crash of a Spanish military helicopter in the Atlantic, the bodies of the three passengers were found.
A 17- year-old girl is in the south of Italy, her mother shot and killed when she snatched the phone from her daughter. The daughter is arrested, Italian media report.
The Sicilian city of Messina is after a landslide almost a week without water. More than 240,000 residents receive water from tanker trucks.
The ruling Workers' Party in North Korea in May next year hold a party congress, the first since 1980. State media in the country have it announced Friday. Observers in South Korea believe the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will use the conference to shape a new leadership of the party and to establish policy.
China does not cooperate in the case against the country who are going to deal with the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. The Philippines had in 2013 an indictment in areas of territorial claims in the South China Sea. China had objected. According to the country 's court is not entitled to rule on it, but Thursday the court ruled that it does take into consideration the case.
The Nuon Solar Team of Delft University of Technology and Solar Team Twente last week are respectively number one and two were in the World Solar Challenge in Sydney presented their solar cars Nuna8 and Red One. Dutch Consulate General in Sydney invited the teams to their solar cars in the city's business district to promote the innovative character of the Netherlands.
Parties in the civil war in southern Sudan have been guilty of atrocities. A report by the African Union describe witnessing massacres in the capital Juba how people were forced to drink the blood of kill or eat roast human flesh.
A Catholic priest was sentenced in Peru to 35 years in prison and pay a compensation for sexual abuse of a child. This took place at a private school where the man worked as a chaplain.
Islamic militants from Afghanistan have slain Tuesday seven Pakistani soldiers. Pakistan says the attack is increasing the pressure on the strained relations between the neighbors.
In America disgust commented on a video which shows how a cop in a South Carolina high school student brutally dragged through the classroom. The officer in question would have used more violence against African- American students.
China, the arrival of an American warship, which is heading for artificial islands in the South China Sea, condemned. The Chinese embassy in Washington said that the US " should not use freedom of navigation as an excuse to show muscles " the. Also, it should not undermine the sovereignty and security of other countries.
The US Navy sent a destroyer to 12 nautical miles (22 kilometers) of the artificial islands that China has built in the South China Sea. A spokesperson of the US Department of Defense said Monday. With the move to the United States shall notify the territorial claims of China in the area of the jaw.
The earthquake that struck Monday the rugged border area between Afghanistan and Pakistan was the strongest in 66 years. The death toll so far amounts to about 180. They were mainly on the Pakistani side of the border. The earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 was felt from Kabul to Islamabad and New Delhi.
The woman who as a girl became world famous by the photos which show how they ran screaming and naked after a napalm attack in Vietnam, get a laser treatment.
Passengers on a plane of British Airlines on Monday with a fright came after the landing gear of their aircraft during landing was aborted.
Netherlands and China will together make more films. The relevant ministers of both countries on Monday signed a co-production treaty. That happened during the state visit of the Dutch royal couple in China. For the Netherlands signed minister Bert Koenders (Foreign Affairs).
China, Japan and South Korea love for the first time in three years a summit. That Chinese Premier Li Keqiang announced Monday. The three countries will meet in the South Korean capital Seoul, presumably early November.
A newlywed couple drowned during their honeymoon in South Africa. The 28- year-old man and 26- year-old woman from Northern Ireland had just a few hours at their destination, write British media.
Australia goes along the coast of New South Wales drones bets to avoid shark attacks. Has announced that the local government, writes The Sydney Morning Herald. The drones have equipment on board to monitor the real sharks. They fly from December, when the beach season begins, above the beaches of Sydney and other popular resorts.
The South Korean navy has fired on a patrol boat from North Korea. The boat was in South Korean waters arrived and answered with five shots with a machine gun, the South Korean news agency Yonhap writes Sunday. The boat was Saturday on the disputed border in the Yellow Sea.
In Argentina held Sunday presidential elections. It is the first time in twelve years that Argentines thereby can not vote for a member of the Kirchner family.
Some 120 people have been injured by a train crash in the South African city of Johannesburg. Some passengers were blown out of the wagons according to news ENCA. That happened reportedly when the brakes of the train refused service.
The Mexican resort of Puerto Vallarta has been spared the violence of super storm Patricia. To the relief of present Dutch has even hardly blown in the popular holiday destination.
The hole in the ozone layer over the South Pole has unexpectedly grown to the second largest size ever measured. That's what scientists at the German research center DLR determined using satellites. Are likely to cause major changes in air currents in the stratosphere.
Hurricane Patricia is the worst hurricane ever. The heavy storm that is heading for the west coast of Mexico, now already reached speeds of 325 kilometers per hour with estimated winds of 400 kilometers per hour. Worldwide, there were only two hurricanes with wind, said Weather Plaza in Hilversum.
Thousands of angry South African students Friday at the government buildings protesting against plans to increase tuition. The demonstrators tried fences around the buildings in Pretoria, where President Jacob Zuma has an office, pulling down.
The United Nations existed seventy years. Which is celebrated worldwide on October 24 by exposing 180 sites in more than fifty countries in the official blue of the UN. The Peace Palace in The Hague in the Netherlands the blue object. Which announced the UN.
