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The authorities in Dresden in Germany struggle with a bomb from the Second World War. Two attempts to defuse the projectile failed. It is not clear when a third attempt is made.

Combat devices of the US-led coalition in Syria have attacked two positions of the Syrian army in the eastern Syrian desert. This is reported by the Syrian state media and Hezbollah's military media.

A federal judge in New York has forbidden Donald Trump to block Twitter users who do not like him. By doing so, the American president violates the right to freedom of expression as laid down in the First Amendment of the Constitution.

Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan appears to earn a nice amount from the export of illegally extracted talcum powder. The fighters send loads of indirectly to the US and Europe and earn tons of money, the organization concludes Global Witness.

At an international conference on Gambia in Brussels donors promised Tuesday 1.45 billion euros. Political and financial support must strengthen democracy in the West African country, stimulate economic growth and increase respect for human rights and the rule of law.

Syrian forces have taken a former bulwark of IS jihadists on the southern edge of Damascus city center on Monday, according to Syrian state media. The government had previously rolled up a series of strongholds at Damascus. But on the south side of the capital was a stronghold in the hands of the Islamic State (IS). It concerns the neighborhoods al-Hajar al-Aswad and Mukhayam al-Yarmouk.

A tragedy in the American city of Bessemer City. A 62-year-old man has been ridden with his SUV at a restaurant and has killed his daughter and daughter-in-law. According to the authorities, the man deliberately drove into the restaurant after he was previously with his relatives in the restaurant.

One of the most persistent current myths in the West is that the shops, markets and supermarkets in Russia are virtually empty as a result of the Western boycott. Not less true. Western tourists who visit Russia for the first time are usually baffled about the rich and varied offer.

The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has entered a new phase. The disease has reached Mbandaka, the capital of the Equateur province. In the urban area, Ebola can penetrate much faster than in rural areas, where the disease had been observed so far.

A conventional war against the West is too expensive and too dangerous for Russia. That is why Moscow is conducting a hybrid war with disinformation and propaganda, smoldering conflicts and sabotage, settlements and cyber attacks. For this dangerous aggression, Western espionage services warned in Berlin yesterday.

The European Union is extending its military training mission in Mali for two years until May 2020. From now on, the mission also aims to give advice and training to the armed forces of an African troop force in the Sahel. This so-called G5 Sahel of 5,000 soldiers from Mali, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Niger and Chad was established to combat human smuggling, Islamic militias and terrorism.

Due to heavy storms in India, many people died again on Sunday. The media speak of at least forty. In the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, according to the emergency response service, at least seventeen people were killed. In West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh, too, several fatalities are to be regretted by the storm. Lightning strikes and house collapse are most often mentioned as a cause.

At three churches in the Indonesian city of Surabaya, bombs exploded on Sunday morning. According to the police, these are suicide attacks. At least six people were killed and at least 35 were injured, including two police officers. At a fourth church, the police could defuse a bomb.

The first hours of the parliamentary elections in Iraq went quietly. Staatsmedia reported that no major incidents occurred until noon.

Saudi Arabia has promised the Netherlands every effort to prevent Saudi money from benefiting extremist Muslims in the Netherlands. That did not go well in the past, the Saudi authorities admitted to a delegation of Dutch MPs.

Gambia sells aircraft and luxury cars from former president Yahya Jammeh. 'The fleet of expensive vehicles at the President's official residence and the three planes bought by former President Jammeh are being offered for sale,' said Amadou Sanneh (Finance) Minister for Reuters news agency.

The authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo report that someone has died from Ebola. It is the first time that it is officially confirmed that someone has died due to the new outbreak of the deadly virus.

The Canadian police found a shoe on the British Columbia coast with the remains of a foot in it. The sinister find does not stand alone, it is the fourteenth time that a shoe washes with foot on the shores of the Canadian province. The mystery keeps the emotions busy and there is pressure on the origin of the feet.

The Indonesian police have put an end to the prison uprising in which at least six people were killed. The victims fell in a prison in Depok on West Java in fighting between the Indonesian police and Muslim militant prisoners.

At least nine people were killed by attacks in the Afghan capital Kabul. At least seventeen people were also injured, the authorities say.

It can take weeks or even months before it becomes known what the exact cause was of the leak in the nuclear part of the nuclear power plant in the Flemish Target at the end of April. This was stated by the head of nuclear watchdog FANC Frank Hardeman in the Nuclear Safety Chamber Committee.

A part of a motorway in the west of Poland is Wednesday as a big chocolate bar after a truck has leaked about 12 tons of liquid chocolate.

At least six people were killed in fighting between the Indonesian police and Muslim militant prisoners in a prison in Depok on West Java. The police and the anti-terror unit report this. There are convicted terrorists and suspects of terrorism in the high-security prison.

Of the thirteen miners who were trapped in a mine in South Africa after a collapse, four died.

Due to the collapse of a corridor, thirteen South African miners got stuck underground on Thursday. The cause was a slight earthquake. According to the management of the Masakhane gold mine, west of Johannesburg, rescue workers have been able to make contact with three of them.

On the west coast of Guatemala, the security services intercepted a small submarine carrying on board a thousand kilos of cocaine. The value of the drugs is estimated by the authorities at about $ 13.5 million, about 11.1 million euros.

The French President Emmanuel Macron is perhaps President Trumps most loyal ally in the West. The Frenchman and his wife Brigitte will be met with respect in Washington for the next three days. Disagreement is enough, however. The hope is that the two political outsiders will find each other on headache dossiers such as Syria, Iran and a possible trade war.

Israel says it has foiled a Palestinian attack, aimed at the celebration of Independence Day that starts Thursday after sunset. At a checkpoint in the West Bank, border guards discovered explosives, hidden in the roof of a truck.

Russia's claim that double spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the British Salisbury have been poisoned with a poisonous gas made in the West is wrong. According to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), only novitsjok was found at the crime scene. That is a nerve gas of Russian manufacture.