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Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez has arrived in the Netherlands to take part in a hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning the long-standing territorial dispute over the Esequibo region with Guyana. According to official statements, Rodríguez is......
Health authorities in at least three American states are monitoring residents who were aboard the MV Hondius, the Dutch expedition cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has killed three passengers and left several others seriously ill during an Atlantic crossing. None of the......
Spain has agreed to receive the MV Hondius, a luxury expedition cruise ship struck by a fatal hantavirus outbreak, at the port of Granadilla in southern Tenerife, from where all passengers and crew will be repatriated to their home countries. Spanish Health Minister Mónica García announced......
A hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius has been identified as the Andes strain, the only known hantavirus capable of spreading from person to person, as the Dutch-flagged vessel sailed from Cape Verde toward Spain's Canary Islands on Wednesday amid a growing international health......
Wildfires are burning across multiple continents well ahead of the traditional summer peak, as prolonged drought and rising temperatures fuel an unusually early and aggressive fire season in both the United States and Europe. In Arizona, the Hazen Fire west of Phoenix near Buckeye had burned through......
Allegations of sexual misconduct against Karim Khan, head of the International Criminal Court (ICC), continue to be reviewed by the court’s executive branch, according to an internal memo shared with staff on Sunday, despite media reports suggesting he had been cleared. Khan, responsible for investigating......
The Netherlands has taken a cautious diplomatic position regarding recent military strikes carried out by the United States and Israel against Iran, saying it understands the motivations behind the attacks but does not formally support them. Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten explained that the government......
Authorities in Morocco have arrested suspects in connection with a large-scale international investigation into drug trafficking facilitated through the encrypted messaging platform Sky ECC. The operation, led by Belgian authorities with cooperation from France, the Netherlands, and Balkan countries,......
Several European monarchies now recognize women as first in line to the throne, including Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. This development stems from the adoption of absolute primogeniture, a system that allows the eldest child to inherit the throne regardless of gender. The shift......
Five countries, including the United Kingdom and France, have concluded that Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a rare toxin prior to his death in prison in February 2024. The findings were disclosed by London during the Munich Security Conference, as part of a joint investigation......
French customs officers have seized nearly 137 kilograms of cocaine concealed in a truck traveling from Spain to the Netherlands, judicial authorities said on Wednesday, highlighting the growing use of road routes for cocaine trafficking in southwestern France. The drugs, packaged into 120 blocks with......
U.S. President Donald Trump has intensified diplomatic tensions with several European nations by threatening to impose escalating tariffs tied to his controversial push for greater American influence — or even control — over the Arctic territory of Greenland. In a recent public message,......
A catastrophic fire ripped through the upper sections of Amsterdam's Vondelkerk tower in the early hours of New Year's Day, leading to a dramatic collapse that lit up the night sky and cast a somber shadow over the city's celebrations. The blaze, which ignited shortly after midnight, quickly......
