Oekraïens president Volodymyr Zelensky viert vandaag de Dag van Europa "niet op formele wijze of met loze slogans", maar wel vanuit het besef dat Oekraïne een "onlosmakelijk onderdeel van de Europese familie" is.
On the Spanish island of Fuerteventura, a 56-year-old Belgian woman was found dead in a garbage dump.
Russian President Vladimir Putin used the parade marking Victory Day in Moscow's Red Square to express confidence in Russia's eventual victory in Ukraine. He praised the troops who he said are fighting "an aggressive force armed and supported by the entire NATO bloc".
Poland is the first EU member state to sign a loan agreement under the European Union's Security Action for Europe (SAFE) initiative. The European Commission is lending the country nearly 44 billion euros through the SAFE program.
Mexico City is among the fastest sinking cities in the world. The soil is sinking an average of 24 to 25 centimeters a year, with major consequences for the infrastructure and water supply of the metropolis where more than 20 million people live.
US President Donald Trump is heading to Beijing next week for a two-day visit. The planned talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping could determine the next phase of U.S.-China relations.
A BBC analysis shows that at least 2,304 North Korean military personnel have died while deployed alongside Russia in the war against Ukraine. The BBC gets that information from satellite images and official photos of a new memorial museum in Pyongyang, which was solemnly opened by Kim Jong-un on April 26.
In 2025, 14 keel-billed toucans were discovered hidden inside the dashboard of a vehicle at the Otay Mesa border crossing in California.
The royal family of the United Arab Emirates bought up farmland in Spain, Italy and Romania through companies and a sovereign wealth fund, DeSmog's investigative journalists revealed. As a result, they were entitled to 71 million euros in European agricultural subsidies between 2019 and 2024.
Spanish authorities made the largest drug seizure ever last Monday, following the interception of the ship Arconian off the coast of Western Sahara.