Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif does not receive a visa to attend United Nations meetings in the US city of New York. That is what Zarif says on Tuesday at a speech in Tehran, according to news agency AP, while the killed General Soleimani was buried in his native village. According to Zarif, the … Read more
The international coalition in Iraq has also decided to halt the Dutch training mission in northern Iraq due to the tensions between Iran and the US. That was decided on Sunday, reports the Ministry of Defense to NU.nl. At first it only seemed to be about stopping a smaller Dutch mission in Baghdad. About fifty … Read more
The training mission of Dutch soldiers in northern Iraq will continue for the time being, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms to NU.nl. In Baghdad, a smaller training mission is temporarily suspended. As part of an international coalition led by the United States, some 60 Dutch soldiers are stationed in Iraq. Relations … Read more
Ex-polls show that Croatian ex-prime minister and social democrat Zoran Milanovic has won the second and final round of the presidential election on Sunday evening. With 53.25 percent of the vote, he leaves his opponent, current center-right president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, behind him. Milanovic received 29.5 percent of the vote in the first election and Grabar-Kitarovic … Read more
The stab incident that took place Friday in a suburb of Paris is considered a terrorist crime, the French Public Prosecutor reports Saturday. During the incident, a dead person and a seriously injured person fell. Earlier there was talk of a “possible terrorist motive” by the perpetrator. An anti-terrorism team is now taking over the … Read more
In Baghdad, thousands of people are taking part in a funeral procession for the Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and the Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi Al Muhandis. The two leaders were killed on Friday in an American drone attack. The drone attack at the airport in Baghdad is seen as a potentially dangerous escalation in … Read more
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison wants to deploy three thousand reservists to put an end to the gigantic forest fires that have been ravaging his country since November. In addition, 20 million Australian dollars (approximately 12.5 million euros) are allocated to rent four extra firefighting aircraft. Morrison also sends one of the largest Australian amphibious … Read more
WhatsApp has set a record on December 31, the company reports Friday in a press statement. More than 100 billion messages were sent worldwide on New Year’s Day, making it the busiest day ever for the app. Since the messaging app was launched in 2009, never more messages have been sent in one day. Of … Read more
Joaquim ‘Quim’ Torra, the president of Catalonia, has to give up his seat in the regional parliament of the Spanish electoral council, Spanish media report Friday. According to, among other things El Mundo and El País Torra is forced by the Spanish Electoral Council to give up its position because last year it refused to … Read more
The Antwerp police have stopped the active search for the missing Max Meijer from Ossendrecht in North Brabant. The investigation did not reveal any new leads, a spokesperson for the Antwerp police told NU.nl on Friday. The file about the missing Dutchman remains open. The police informed the van Meijer family about this on Thursday. … Read more