If you’ve ever been on vacation in Malta, chances are you’ve taken a snapshot of the famous “Kissing Elephants Arch.” This week, however, things went terribly wrong at the tourist hotspot.
Oekraïne zet steeds inventiever in op ballonnen om dieper in Rusland te kunnen toeslaan. Een van de opvallendste nieuwe ontwikkelingen is DART, een geleide raket die niet vanaf een vliegtuig of lanceerinstallatie wordt afgevuurd, maar wordt losgelaten vanaf een ballon op de rand van de stratosfeer.
A couple from Michigan has been charged with murder, child abuse, and torture after their 7-year-old son, Casper O’Brien, died in 2025 weighing 116 kilograms.
Five people were killed on Monday afternoon in a shooting in Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany, not far from Hamburg. According to German media reports, several others were also injured.
On Sunday, eleven people were killed in a plane crash near Nancy. A pilot, five instructors, and five nurses who were about to make their first skydive lost their lives. According to the president of the French Parachuting Federation, the plane took off “at the worst possible moment.”
A shocking case has come to light in Northern California at Miranda’s Rescue, a shelter that marketed itself as a “no-kill” facility. Investigators found the remains of at least 117 dogs there, many of which, according to an initial analysis, showed signs of gunshot wounds or bullet fragments.
Bill White, the U.S. ambassador to Belgium, has drawn attention ever since his appointment — fittingly, the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States was a grand affair in the heart of Europe. Sunday, however, didn't go entirely smoothly.
Eleven people were killed on Sunday in Tomblaine, France, near Nancy, when a small civilian plane belonging to a skydiving school crashed shortly after takeoff. The aircraft took off from Nancy-Essey Airport and, moments later, crashed vertically just a few hundred meters from the runway in an area close to residential homes. According to BFMTV, there were no casualties on the ground.
The world will be less peaceful in 2026 than it was a year earlier, but a small group of countries remain remarkably stable. According to the Global Peace Index, the peace situation deteriorated in 99 countries, though Iceland, New Zealand, Switzerland, Slovenia, and Ireland in particular remain at the top of the rankings. This is according to the 2026 Global Peace Index.
Het grootste geheim rond de Noord-Koreaanse leider Kim Jong-un is misschien wel zijn moeder. In vijftien jaar aan de macht heeft hij haar nooit publiek bij naam genoemd. Dat is zeker geen toeval. Haar afkomst botst immers frontaal met het door Pyongyang gekoesterde verhaal van de heilige “Paektu-bloedlijn”, de dynastieke mythe waarop de legitimiteit van het regime rust.