U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth participated in a ceremony commemorating D-Day at the U.S. Military Cemetery in Colleville-sur-mer on Saturday. He made the link between the Normandy landings and immigration.
Australia is struggling with an exploding rabbit population of an estimated 250 million animals, while the main method of control is no longer working. The rabbits are now resistant to viruses used to control the population for decades.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s comments have sparked controversy, drawing outraged responses from many British politicians.
The 2026 World Cup kicks off on Thursday with the opening match at the Aztec Stadium in Mexico City between Mexico and South Africa. However, the opening of the major football event is in danger of being disrupted by protests.
In an open letter, Ukrainian President Zelensky invited Vladimir Putin for a face-to-face meeting to come to an end to the conflict between their two countries. The Russian president resolutely declined the invitation.
In aanloop naar de parlementsverkiezingen van zondag in Armenië heeft Rusland het land overspoeld met desinformatie. Dat staat te lezen in de New York Times.
A naval drone exploded in the Romanian port city of Constanța. Part of the port area was evacuated and shipping in part of the coastal zone was shut down as a precaution. Authorities say the device is believed to be an unmanned maritime device linked to the war in Ukraine. As far as is known, no one was injured.
Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump's husband, will build a luxury resort on an uninhabited Albanian island. Trump's son-in-law wants to build a vacation resort on a nature reserve. The entire project will cost about $6 billion (5.16 billion euros). Everything seems to be in order, although a number of Albanians are not satisfied with the plans and took to the streets and protested for days against the arrival of this luxury resort off the Albanian coast.
Tragic news reaches us from the border region between Algeria, Niger and Mali. 49 pilgrims have died there after their vehicle stalled in a remote part of the Sahel desert. They could not be helped immediately and died of dehydration in the extreme heat.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted an open letter addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin on his website on Thursday evening. President Zelensky asks Putin for a complete ceasefire and peace negotiations. "The choice is yours now. Enough war. Ukraine proposes to end this war."