Meloni denies Trump's claim that she 'begged for a photo' at G7 Summit
On the sidelines of the G7 summit in France, a minor altercation broke out between Italy and the U.S.
Zelensky loses Poland’s highest honor over WWII name of military unit
The Polish president has stripped Volodymyr Zelensky of the “Order of the White Oerdket” due to the naming of a military unit in Ukraine.
‘Europe’s largest fruit store’ moves from Belgium to the Netherlands
Since the 1980s, two-thirds of all kiwis sold in Europe have been passing through the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium. Soon, however, that whole story will come to an end. New Zealand producer Zespri is relocating its Belgian operations to the Dutch port of Vlissingen. After 2028, no more kiwis will be coming to Kiwiweg in Zeebrugge; instead, the Netherlands is snagging the contract.
Tourist (18) killed in New York when a horse-drawn carriage runs amok
On Thursday, no horse-drawn carriages were operating in Central Park—a staple of many tourists’ visits to New York. The carriage drivers went on strike following the death of 18-year-old Romanch Mahajan, a tourist from India, on Wednesday. Calls for a ban on horse-drawn carriages in New York City are gaining momentum once again.
Normal shipping in the Strait of Hormuz will not resume until 80 mines have been cleared
Normal shipping through the Strait of Hormuz will not resume until approximately 80 mines—laid by Iran in the middle of the strait during the conflict—have been cleared. This was stated by Intertanko, the association of independent tanker owners, in the British newspaper The Guardian.
A tropical-hot weekend is just around the corner
A “heat dome” is currently making nearly all of Western Europe sweat. And it’s also exceptionally hot in the Netherlands.
Muscovites complain about ‘black rain’ falling on their city
Moscow was dealing with a dark, ominous sky in the early morning hours.
South Korean President says Trump has already set his sights on a new Target after Iran
The South Korean president has issued an ominous warning to his neighbors.
U.S. and Iran abruptly halt talks: Vance will not travel to Switzerland
De voor vandaag geplande besprekingen tussen de Verenigde Staten en Iran in het Zwitserse Bürgenstock zullen niet plaatsvinden. De gesprekken zijn op het laatste nippertje uitgesteld. Zo laat het Zwitserse ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken vrijdagochtend weten.
Lukashenko apologizes as Putin drags Belarus deeper and deeper into war
On June 14, 2026, Belarusian President Aliaksandr Lukashenko publicly apologized in an interview with Al Arabiya TV for his earlier harsh remarks directed at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “If Volodymyr Zelensky felt offended, I apologize for those words. Perhaps I shouldn’t have been so harsh, given that he is at war,” Lukashenko said.