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.
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."
In a post on social media, Cyprus, which currently holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union, announced that new negotiations have begun for Ukraine and Moldova to join the EU. These negotiations have become possible now that Hungary has withdrawn its veto.
On Wednesday, Kim Jong-un inspected a new weapons-grade nuclear material plant and announced plans to expand North Korea's nuclear arsenal "at an exponential rate".
US President Donald Trump reported on Wednesday that Iran has agreed not to possess nuclear weapons and that the Iranian Ayatollah is involved in negotiations with the United States. "They have already agreed not to have nuclear weapons," Trump said in an interview for a podcast on Iran on Wednesday.
Ukrainian drones struck several targets in St. Petersburg on Tuesday night, including a major oil terminal. The mayor confirmed that several people were injured in the attack at various sites in the Russian city.
During the night of Monday to Tuesday, Russia carried out a heavy attack on Ukraine. In the process, the Russians deployed 73 missiles and 656 drones. The death toll is heavy: at least 18 deaths have already been counted.
US President Donald Trump called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "crazy" in a telephone conversation on Monday. News site Axios reports this based on three sources involved in the conversation.
Four years after the kidnapping plans of Dutch criminals from the international drug scene against former Belgian Minister of Justice Vincent Van Quickenborne (Open Vld), the Belgian federal prosecutor's office wants to prosecute three Dutch men for the attempted hostage-taking. The Belgian prosecutor's office confirmed this on Monday, following new investigations.