The head of Frontex, the EU agency that coordinates controls at the external borders of the European Union, warns of a new main route for migrants to Europe. 'If you ask me what my biggest concern is, I will tell Spain', says Fabrice Leggeri in an interview with the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag.
Three young adventurers were dumped in a waterfall in Canada and died. The trio reported on their travel adventures via social media, the BBC reports. They are part of the High On Life group, which has 1.1 million followers on Instagram and over half a million subscribers on YouTube.
US President Donald Trump is very pleased with the contacts with North Korea. 'We have many good talks with North Korea. Things are going well ', the president twittered in the run-up to the visit of his minister Mike Pompeo (Foreign Affairs) to the Stalinist-run country.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is traveling to North Korea on Thursday to discuss the nuclear weapons-freeing of the Korean peninsula. He will consult with the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
In Germany, the coalition parties CSU and CDU are increasingly at risk of the asylum problem. The right-wing CSU finds the European asylum agreement that Chancellor Angela Merkel closed last week is not acceptable. The party currently holds crisis talks in Munich.
In Iran, Saturday night protested against the continuing shortage of drinking water. The police used tear gas, there was a wounded person. It has been hot in Iran for days with temperatures of over 45 degrees.
The EU must change into a fortress Europe, unreachable for migrants who want to illegally cross the Mediterranean by boat. While EU leaders are today in Brussels at their summit they agree, but there is still a long way to see a solution for new asylum rules. This means that Chancellor Merkel has a huge political problem.
Those who are ready for a culinary challenge can travel to the English city of Birmingham. The Rub Smokehouse restaurant there is of the opinion that they sell the largest pizzas in the world. A pizza from the restaurant has about 11,000 calories.
Migrants coming to Europe by sea should be transferred to 'protection centers' in different EU countries on arrival, according to Italy. When it comes to economic migrants, they should also be transferred directly to 'protection centers' in different EU countries, and not just in Italy or Spain.
The leaders of sixteen EU countries, including Prime Minister Mark Rutte, meet informally in Brussels on Sunday in an attempt to find solutions to migration problems in Europe. No decisions are taken and there is no final press conference.
Turkey has released a German businesswoman who was arrested in Istanbul on Wednesday. The Turkish authorities spoke of an 'error in the system.'
US National Security Advisor John Bolton is next week in Moscow to prepare a possible meeting between US President Donald Trump and his counterpart Vladimir Putin. That reported the Russian news agency Interfax.
While the government of the Central African Republic (CAR) denies it, former tennis player Boris Becker maintains that he has a diplomatic passport of that country and thus enjoys diplomatic immunity. The 50-year-old German is in London in a lawsuit about his bankruptcy.
The European Union is working on the idea of transferring migrants rescued at sea to centers outside the EU. On these so-called 'disembarkation platforms', economic migrants and refugees who require protection must be quickly distinguished in cooperation with the UN.
The sanctions imposed by the European Union against Russia due to the annexation of the Crimea in 2014 have been extended to 23 June 2019. European companies are not allowed to import or invest products from the Crimea. The export of certain goods and technologies is prohibited, as is the provision of tourist services. For example, European cruise ships may only berth in case of emergency.
The chance of getting sick seems to be the greatest in an airplane where everyone is sitting on top of each other. Recent research has shown that the chances of a cold, for example, increase considerably when you step on board.
The fact that Kim Jong-un flew with Air China to Singapore was the most telling fact before the start of the summit. The North Korean leader travels under the wings of Beijing to talks with US President Trump. A small but important triumph for the Chinese.
A lying wedding guest who made up a whole story about how he got sick for weeks due to food and drinks in a Mexican resort, has been fined. He has to pay 10,000 pounds to tour operator TUI.
The US President Donald Trump does not support the joint final declaration that was put together at the end of the G7 summit. According to him, the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made false statements. He announced this on Twitter a few hours after he left the top to travel to Singapore.
Inés Zorreguieta, the youngest sister of Queen Máxima, who died tragically on Wednesday evening, will be buried Friday evening at 5 pm local time (8 pm Dutch time). Argentine media reports this.
The fight against the further spread of the dreaded Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo is proceeding according to plan. That says Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO). 'It is stabilizing. We are optimistic, cautiously optimistic. '
The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is expected to arrive Sunday in Singapore for the meeting later in the week with US President Donald Trump. This has been explained by sources that are involved in the visit.
The United Nations is going to impose punitive measures against human traffickers in Libya. The bank balances of six gang members are frozen and they are also not allowed to travel to other countries, the Security Council has decided. From now on it is also forbidden to provide loans for this six, for example.
The 29 NATO countries must be able to quickly mobilize a large army in 2020 in the event of a threat. Thirty mechanized battalions, thirty squadrons of warplanes and thirty warships must then be able to conduct a crisis within a maximum of thirty days.
Austria thinks that the EU budget should go down considerably after the Brexit. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz argued Thursday at a congress of the European People's Party in Munich that the European Union lost 13 percent of its population after Britain left. Then at a managerial level in the EU austerity measures are appropriate. That is also the Dutch position.
For safety reasons, the Belgian airline Brussels Airlines will not fly to the Egyptian resort of Sharm al-Sheikh. Tour operator Thomas Cook has therefore offered about a thousand travelers to reimburse travel expenses or to offer a different holiday trip. According to the holiday giant, a new security situation has arisen.
The Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and the Eurocross emergency center are going to investigate rabies or rabies. In the Netherlands, the disease is rare, but around 60,000 people die every year from infection with the virus that is transmitted via bites from dogs, cats, bats and monkeys.
The new Italian Minister for the Interior, Matteo Salvini, has announced that he wants to work closely with his EU colleagues, while still pursuing a hard line in the area of migration issues. That reports the Italian news agency Ansa.
Measures must be taken against so-called 'gold visas' in the EU. The European Parliament wants rules to be put in place for the 'sale' of residence permits, visas and passports in a large number of Member States to wealthy foreigners who, in return, pay tons and sometimes millions.
