The German armed forces assist in extinguishing the large heathland fire at the German town of Meppen, not far from the Dutch border. Among other things, Tornado fighter planes and transport aircraft are deployed, reports local media.
Ten thousand British pounds of reward praised animal activists. For three years, Scotland Yard inspectors inspected all blood traces. Now the likely 'killer' of hundreds of house cats is finally known: the fox.
Italians are divided on the proposal of Minister of Labor \u0026 amp; Economic Development Luigi Di Maio, to keep stores closed on Sundays and during the holidays. Di Maio, of the populist Five Star movement, wants to ensure that families can spend the Sunday together.
The French police have seized 20,000 kilos of miniature Eiffel towers. With the action, the authorities want to blow the large amount of illegal sellers around the top attraction in Paris.
Two thousand euros per bottle! You can not do that to a customer! Daniele Di Guiliomaria has just tasted a bit of whiskey from 1988. It is not easy for him. 'Pretty flat. Should have been bottled ten years ago. '
While hurricane Florence is operating along the American East Coast, an even heavier tropical storm is currently flying over the Philippines. Typhoon Mangkhut is especially a threat to Luzon, the northernmost island in the Philippines where the capital Manila is located.
The Russian forces have started the enormous multi-day military exercise Vostok 2018 (East 2018). More than 300,000 Russian soldiers participate in this. It is about the biggest maneuvers since the fall of the Soviet Union.
An Australian couple that was looking for a boat, has tapped a former New Zealand warship. The 44 meter long colossus, according to broadcaster ABC, is now anchored in the home of the new owners, Paul and Wilma Adams.
A hairdresser from the Belgian town of Zaventem who showered a woman with petrol and threatened to set her on fire was arrested. The 34-year-old Vanessa E. was convinced that the woman had stolen 7,000 euros from her.
This week Kim Jong-un resurfaced for the first time in 14 days. Just in time to prepare his people for the military parade and the mass spectacle Arirang. The biggest show in the world where about a hundred thousand North Koreans give a whirling acrobatic performance in which a message will be formed with colorful placards.
The authorities in Genoa want the remains of the collapsed bridge to be demolished, and that a completely new bridge will be built on the spot. They have asked operator Autostrade to help with this.
Russian fighters have again carried out air strikes on targets in the Syrian Idlib province. That's what a rebel leader and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights say, a UK based organization that relies on local sources.
Thousands of Russians have once again taken to the streets on Sunday to demonstrate against the increase of the retirement age. The BBC reports that more than ten thousand people took part in the protest. President Vladimir Putin has already announced Wednesday to raise the age less, but for many people that is not enough.
In the fight against peeping, the South Korean capital Seoul is going to inspect daily whether there are no hidden cameras in public toilets. The city council has announced the ambitious plan on Sunday, reports the South Korean news agency Yonhap.
The protest march in Pakistan against Geert Wilders' cartoon contest was called off on Thursday, shortly after the Dutch MP broke down his plans. The extreme Muslim party Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) organized the march from the city of Lahore to capital Islamabad.
In a high-security prison in the American state of Arkansas, five prisoners were found dead, presumably after using contaminated drugs. That is what the ministry has to say about the prisons. Two dead detainees were found on Wednesday, three other prisoners had died since Sunday.
Crown princess Victoria of Sweden presented the Junior Water Prize 2018 at the annual World Water Week in Stockholm on Tuesday evening.
Russia will hold the biggest military exercise in almost forty years next month. The Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that yesterday. 'The exercise has no precedent in terms of geographical scale and troop strength,' says Shoigu.
Russia is going to hold the biggest military exercise since 1981 next month. Minister of Defense Sergei Schoigu announced that Tuesday. Almost 300,000 soldiers are involved in the Vostok 2018 (Eastern 2018) exercise.
One of the first computers that Apple has ever made is auctioned. The device still works, says auction house RR Auction, which hopes for an amount of 300,000 dollars, almost 260,000 euros. The buyer receives, among other things, the original motherboard, without modifications, and an authentic manual.
The British car factory Aston Martin will build 28 cars that are almost identical to the type DB5 that became famous in the James Bond films of the sixties.
The Brazilian government is sending military personnel to the border town of Pacaraima, because there were confrontations between Brazilian residents and migrants from Venezuela on Saturday. The army reported that about 1200 Venezuelans fled to their own country after the riots, according to the Agencia Brasil news agency.
Hajj, the largest pilgrimage in the world, is about to begin. From Sunday evening to Friday evening, the Saudi city of Mecca will visit around three million Muslims from all parts of the world, including several thousand pilgrims from the Netherlands.
Residents of the northern Brazilian city of Pacaraima attacked a refugee camp on Saturday and set it on fire. In the camp about two thousand Venezuelan refugees, many of whom fled back, crossed the border.
A six-month-old baby died after spending hours in a hot car in the city of Emporia in the US state of Virginia. The car was parked at a Domino's Pizza, where the 30-year-old mother of the boy was at work.
Investigative authorities in the US state of Pennsylvania have revealed shocking details about sexual abuse by priests and silence about it by the Catholic Church in the US.
The fact that life continues after a drama, is now revealed by the apartment of the world famous TV chef Anthony Bourdain after his unexpected suicide comes in the rental.
Belgium can get its first real island, but instead of being proud, half the country is already on its hind legs.
The world's largest smartphone supplier Samsung has presented the Galaxy Note9 in New York. The South Korean company also showed the Galaxy Watch, a new line of smartwatches, in the Big Apple sighing under a heat wave.
A Dutch citizen has been sentenced by the court in Tongeren to ten years in prison in Belgium for his role in a violent robbery against his former in-laws in 2015.
