China had plans last year to cause a car accident in the Czech capital Prague. The target was the Taiwanese vice president HSiao Bi-Khim. The Chinese secret service would have wanted to intimidate her in this way, reports the Czech military intelligence service. The plans to intimidate HSiao during her visit to Prague came to […]
A portion of Iranians are disappointed that the Islamic regime is still standing after the Israeli and American attacks a week ago. They seem to be back to square one. But a regime change was not a serious option, experts tell NU.nl. Farhad* has returned to Tehran a week after his flight from the capital.
An enormous demonstration in Belgrade, in which participants called for new elections, has turned violent. Riot police used tear gas and stun grenades against the anti-government protesters. President Aleksandar Vucic claims that “foreign powers” are behind the protest. According to the French news agency AFP, possibly up to 140,000 demonstrators were present at the protest.
The Pride march in Budapest is coming to an end, according to an ANP reporter on the scene. Tens of thousands of people were present. The event went relatively calmly on Saturday afternoon, despite the government’s ban. The police did not intervene. Tens of thousands of people, including Dutch officials and politicians, marched through the
The Ottawa Treaty was signed in 1997 to regulate the production and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The treaty prohibits the use, production, and stockpiling of these mines. Participating countries must also destroy their existing stockpiles. The context of the Ottawa Treaty was shaped by bloody conflicts in Georgia, Angola, and Afghanistan in the 1990s, says
Charles Leclerc knows that hope quickly proves futile in a difficult season with Ferrari, but the new floor the Scuderia brought to Austria does give some confidence in better times. His second place in qualifying underlines that. Not that Leclerc came close to polesitter Lando Norris. That McLaren driver was another half a second faster.
De politie in de Belgische provincie Limburg heeft een man opgepakt die jarenlang zijn vrouw drogeerde om haar te misbruiken. Belgische media trekken een parallel met de ‘zaak-Pelicot’. Haar overkwam in Frankrijk eenzelfde soort verhaal. De Limburgse vijftiger zit al vanaf begin dit jaar vast, maar details over de zaak komen nu pas aan het
Demi Vollering deed zaterdag mee aan de NK wielrennen, na een pauze waarin ze fysiek en mentaal moest bijkomen. Door een valpartij in de finale twijfelde de Tour de France-favoriet achteraf of ze de juiste keuze had gemaakt. Met nog 6 kilometer te gaan in de NK-wegrit rond Ede ligt Vollering opeens onderop een grote
In Italië is geschokt gereageerd op de vondst van de twee verwaarloosde Nederlandse kinderen. Media noemen de jongens van zes en negen “spookbroers”. Er is een procedure gaande om ze in een pleeggezin onder te brengen en te laten adopteren. De Italiaanse justitie heeft de kinderen naar een opvang gebracht en de ouders uit de
The police in Terneuzen arrested a man on Saturday morning who was a fugitive and still had 750 days of jail time to serve. He is not the only sentence dodger who has recently been arrested. Officers in Terneuzen recognized the vehicle, which was parked at a house on Korte Dijkstraat. When they searched the