Australian rescue workers are doing their utmost to save dozens of whales stranded on the west coast. It involves about 150 short-finned pilot whales, about half of whom are already dead.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the assassination of Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia. But they were not the actual target. With the reckless attack with nerve gas, the Russian president has let every opponent in the West know that they are outlawed and that he will come after them.
A Palestinian teenage girl filmed when she kicked and hit an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank gets eight months in prison. That follows from the deal she closed Wednesday with the military prosecutor, reported the news site of Haaretz in Israel. According to the deal, she would plead guilty against a reduced sentence.
At least 26 people were killed on Wednesday by an attack in the Afghan capital Kabul.
The Netherlands is not going to announce sanctions against Turkey on its own as a punishment for the Turkish invasion of the Syrian Afrin region. Such a one-man action would be counterproductive, says Minister Stef Blok of Foreign Affairs.
According to prosecutors, a driver from the French consulate in Jerusalem has smuggled numerous firearms from the Palestinian Gaza Strip to the Israeli West Bank in the last three months. 24-year-old Romain Franck from Northern France, according to Israeli media, has known and would have had money as a motive. He is reportedly on Monday for a special court in Beersheba.
An Israeli was stabbed in the Old City of Jerusalem on Sunday and was badly wounded. The attacker was shot dead by a security officer. The incident happened at the entrance to the Temple Mount.
Who is Vladimir Putin? A classic villain from a James Bond film, who looks at the world with contempt and sees it only as the playground of his personal ambitions? A tragic character from a Shakespeare drama? A pragmatist who is deeply misunderstood and deceived by the West?
Because of an attack with a car in the West Bank, at least one Israeli has died. Three others were injured, according to local media. The Israeli radio reported two deaths.
The only presidential candidate in Russia who did not campaign for the Sunday elections, Vladimir Putin, apparently wins the ballot box. He has been in power for eighteen years and does not have to worry about losing it. If it is up to the current law, the last six years will be his last term.
An American army unit that carried seven people crashed in the west of Iraq. That was what the American central command in Iraq said in a statement. The army takes into account that there are fatalities among the seven people who carried the aircraft.
Trumps ex-campaign leader Paul Manafort has filed a petition with a federal court that the charges against him will be rejected. According to Manafort, special prosecutor Robert Mueller has exceeded his jurisdiction because he wants to prosecute Manafort for crimes that are not related to his investigation into possible Russian interference in the 2016 American elections.
In a plane crash of an F-18 fighter near Key West in Florida, both pilots were killed. This has been confirmed by the US Navy via Twitter.
The Surinamese police have intercepted a plane with drugs in the west of the country. Four people have been arrested. The National Information Institute announced this on Tuesday. No announcements were made about the quantity and type of drugs.
Turkey and the United States are going to pilot the Kurdish Syrians of the YPG militia from Manbij. The Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Cavusoglu said this Tuesday. According to Cavusoglu, a plan for the withdrawal of the YPG (People's Protection Units) from the Syrian location approximately 80 kilometers northeast of Aleppo is being made during the American-Turkish consultations on 19 March.
After months of tensions and presidential elections that had to be repeated, the two main political fighters in Kenya decided to bury the hatchet. President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga met in Nairobi and agreed to resolve their conflicts. 'We recognize that this country is bigger than one person,' Kenyatta said.
A sixty-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her ex-partner on the parking lot of the West Flemish Veurne courthouse. The man (68) fled, but was later arrested in his hometown Lo-Reninge, reports the Public Prosecutor.
A couple from Perth, Australia, found the oldest known bottle post during a beach walk on the west coast. The 132-year-old message was in a bottle from the Schiedam-based jeneverstoker Daniel Visser \u0026 amp; Sons.
The Russian army offered fighters in the area around East Ghouta, east of the Syrian capital Damascus, a way out. The Ministry of Defense announced that transport will be made available for the fighters and their families. They can then leave a safe route and are allowed to use personal weapons \u0026 # x27; take.
The Slovak authorities released all seven suspects who were detained for involvement in the murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend Martina Kusnirova.
A conflict between the Russian gas giant Gazprom and Ukraine may also jeopardize the gas supply to Western Europe, warns Kiev.
A team from the Surinamese police encountered a special investigation on a large submarine that was probably used for drug transport. The submarine was found in a creek in the Saramacca district, west of the capital Paramaribo. The National Information Institute (NII) announced this on Friday.
A man had to pay 1300 euros because he had made a ride with Uber after a night out. Kenny Bachman decided to order an Uber in a drunken state to his home in Philadelphia. The only problem was that Bachman was not around there, but in Morgantown in West Virginia. That is almost 500 kilometers away from his home.
The threatening language of Russian President Vladimir Putin to NATO countries is 'unacceptable' for the military alliance. His statements are counterproductive, stated in a NATO statement.
Terrorists opened fire at the French embassy in the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou. This was reported by the French ambassador in the West African country.
In his clear annual address to the West, Vladimir Putin has surprised the world to be in possession of a new type of nuclear missile that can hit every corner of the globe and can not be stopped by current anti-missile systems.
Four UN soldiers were killed in an explosion in Mali. A landmine or roadside bomb probably exploded near their vehicle. Another four passengers were seriously injured, reports the UN mission in the West African country.
Thailand wants to get rid of its reputation as a tourist destination for sex tourists. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha made an appeal to change cities like Pattaya and other popular destinations in 'places of quality tourism', the Bangkok Post reported Wednesday.
Vodafone will use mobile data to combat and prevent epidemics. That made the charity of the telephone company known on Monday. The intention is to prevent a recurrence of the ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014.
The execution of an American prisoner failed last week because medical staff failed to find a suitable vein to administer the lethal dose. After two and a half hours, according to American media, the man had at least twelve injection wounds, but he was still alive.
