The Philippine authorities evacuate thousands of people from the coastal areas because of the approaching typhoon Mangkhut. The heavy storm probably reaches Luzon on Saturday, the largest island in the Philippines.
He can no longer recognize the faces of his friends and can no longer read them. The 9-year-old Archie Mapson has become blind after looking in the beam of a laser pen for a few seconds. Doctors said that the English boy suffered serious eye damage: 'as if a bullet went through his eye'.
A missing toddler of 1.5 years old, after five days without food and drink, is found alive in a forest in the south of China. The toddler had gone into the forest on her own and a day later her father gave her up as missing.
A Dutch motorist with a fear of heights was shocked in Hamburg by the height of the Köhlbrandbrücke, which she braked and put her vehicle in reverse. She was lucky that she met a police patrol car at the foot of the bridge.
Hundreds of agents from all over Belgium have formed an honorary hedge at the farewell of the Saturday night at Spa Amaury Delrez. They all wore a mourning band and saluted when the funeral procession passed by.
We all do not have our day. In the American state of Florida, a crocodile who wanted to cross the canal for the easy way: the use of a pool noodle. The remarkable scene was recorded and the photographs of the inventive animal now go viral.
The former Nazi camp guard who was deported to Germany by the United States on Tuesday stayed in a relief center for Holocaust survivors shortly after the Second World War. He even received a benefit then.
US President Donald Trump does not cross the bridge with 'concessions' to secure the release of preacher Andrew Brunson. Trump told the Reuters news agency that he already thought he had a deal with Turkey, but it would not have been fulfilled.
At least three people were killed on Saturday by a bus accident at the Polish town of Leszczawa Dolna, about 300 kilometers south of the capital Warsaw. 51 Passengers have been injured, 37 of whom are serious, reports Polish media.
The Aeolus is a hypermodern wind vane that has to go into space this Tuesday. The satellite must, from 320 kilometers altitude, chart the wind on earth. There is still relatively little known about this.
Germany is going to provide Niger with more development aid and support in the fight against terrorism, as thanks for the cooperation in reducing illegal migration from Africa. Chancellor Angela Merkel said that President Mahamadou Issoufou, on a visit to Brandenburg, was due for Wednesday.
The EU is giving financial support to the victims of the heavy earthquake on Lombok. The European Commission is donating 500,000 euros extra for emergency humanitarian aid, according to a spokesman. Last week, Brussels sent 150,000 euros to the Indonesian Red Cross for emergency supplies in the east and north of the island.
The United Nations Security Council calls for a credible investigation into the bloody air raid that has killed dozens of children in Yemen. That's what Karen Pierce, the British ambassador at the UN, said on Friday.
There is an investigation into the bloody air raid that has cost the lives of dozens of children in Yemen. The international coalition that carried out the bombardment says, according to Saudi state media, to review the incident.
The Red Cross fears a new famine in North Korea due to the heat wave on the Korean peninsula. The harvest of rice, maize and other crops threatens to fail and has 'possibly catastrophic consequences', warns the international aid organization.
An air attack on a school bus has killed at least 39 people in Yemen. Dozens of people were also injured, reports the rebel-controlled Ministry of Health. Many of the victims would be children.
At least nine people were killed because their boat capsized off the Turkish coast. It concerns seven children and two women, says the district head of Kuşadasi against the Turkish state press agency Anadolu. They tried to illegally cross over to Europe according to the authorities.
After the heavy earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok many people spend the night in the open air. This is reported by the Red Cross aid organization. With many, the fear is still in after the island was hit by a quake with a force of 7.0 on Sunday evening (local time), with at least three deaths.
Austrian border controls did not lead to long traffic jams, as they were feared. The country is holding checks at the border for five days this week because, according to the government, this is a good idea for the Ministerial Conference of the European Union, 12 and 13 July in Innsbruck.
The number of people trying to flee across the Mediterranean to Europe has more than halved in the first half of 2018 compared to a year earlier. This is shown by figures from the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Imams who preach hate messages must come on a European blacklist, says a committee of the European Parliament. EU member states should systematically screen clergy and exchange information about them so that they stay on the radar when they cross the border.
For the Libyan coast, at least a hundred people on board of a boat with migrants drowned. That is what the Libyan Coast Guard reports.
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.
A majority in the US House of Representatives voted against a Republican bill on Wednesday as expected to protect, among others, illegals who entered the US years ago with their parents, the so-called dreamers. Part of the law, which was seen as a compromise, was also the release of 15 billion dollars for the construction of the wall along the border with Mexico.
Donald Trump has shown his aversion to those who cross the border illegally in search of a better life. The US president dismisses legal red tape and suggested via Twitter that the migrants concerned should be deported immediately without the intervention of a judge.
Carolijn Brouwer is the first Dutch woman to win the sailing race around the world. The 44-year-old pro from Scheveningen was the first to cross the finish line of the eleventh and final stage with her Chinese team Dongfeng in The Hague.
The parties of the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and spiritual leader Moqtada al-Sadr will form an alliance. At a press conference, Sadr and Abadi said they wanted to cross sectarian and ethnic lines with their alliance.
North and South Korea talked Friday about a reunion on August 15 for people who have family on the other side of the border. The conversation is a result of agreements made by the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and the South Korean president Moon Jae-in. The Red Cross took the initiative for the meeting in North Korea.
A naked man on the run from the police was hit by a truck when he tried to cross the highway. The accident happened to Stow, a city in the American state of Ohio.
Donald Trump stands by in the immigration debate that has flared up in the US, now that children and parents who cross the border illegally are separated.
