In 2018, 94 journalists and people with whom they worked together were killed by violence. That is twelve more than last year, according to the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)....
A walkway to a plane at Washington International Airport collapsed Saturday night (local time). There were seven wounded.
Two Hungarian smugglers have been arrested in Germany with 37 young dogs in the car. They were in boxes, crates and cages.
A bus with tourists has been detonated near Cairo.
The number of deaths from plane crashes has risen dramatically this year. Although the number of serious civil aviation accidents remained at almost the same level as the previous year at 45,...
Despite international criticism, the Japanese government has again ordered two death sentences. Japanese media report this Thursday referring to well-informed sources.
Japan is stepping out of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) so that the country can resume commercial hunting for whales. The Cabinet has taken that decision Tuesday, Cabinet Chief...
The international community underestimates the danger of a nuclear war, but furthermore it goes well with Russia and its economy.
President Trump also wants to stop aerial attacks on positions in the Middle East of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist movement. Trump has decided this according to US officials. He…
Three crewmembers from the International Space Station (ISS) returned safely to Earth on Thursday after a 197-day stay in space. That reports the American space agency...
Friends and colleagues of Arjen Kamphuis keep in mind that the cyber expert still lives and has left in anonymity. 'We take into account that Arjen in a mental...
The American student who was stabbed to death in Rotterdam on Wednesday warned a friend about the impending doom of her roommate: 'He is going to kill people. I have to go to the police. 'By...
The Brazilian authorities have issued an arrest warrant against a famous 'wonder doctor'. The 76-year-old João Teixeira de Faria was said to be a large-scale female patient...
The authorities at the American John F. Kennedy International Airport are in their stomach with the large-scale smuggling of songbirds. Those finches are used in singing competitions, reported...
Germany can not require international bus companies to check the papers of their passengers when they travel to Germany from another EU country. That has the Court of...
A former Canadian diplomat would have been detained in China. That is what his current employer and two other sources say. The arrest of ex-diplomat Michael Kovrig comes shortly after the arrest...
The Chilean government decided not to sign the agreement one day before signing the UN Migration Pact in Morocco. 'Our position is clear. Migration is not a right ', says the deputy minister of the Interior against a local newspaper. 'Countries are free to decide on what conditions they allow people.'
The United Kingdom may unilaterally withdraw the decision to leave the EU. If London were to want that, the other 27 countries would not have to give their approval separately.
A protest march for a better climate policy has mobilized about 65,000 people in Brussels. The attendance figure is an estimate of the Belgian police. The procession moved from the North Station in the capital to the Cinquantenaire, where speeches and performances were held.
Ukraine has filed a complaint against Russia at the European Court of Human Rights. The reason is the appearance of the Russian Coast Guard against Ukrainian ships in the Kerch Strait near the coast of the Crimean peninsula. The incident last Sunday, in which Ukrainian passengers were arrested, has led to international tensions.
The European Commission is making 500 million euros available to Ukraine to promote economic stability and structural reforms in the country. According to Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis, the country needs 'a show of solidarity from its international partners' at a 'crucial time when Ukraine is faced with new Russian aggression.'
The German Bundestag has approved the UN Migration Pact and sees nothing in it that undermines or changes existing law in Germany. Especially the right-wing populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) strongly opposed the proposal because it would lose control over its own migration policy.
After the worldwide harsh criticism, the Chinese scientist He Jiankui has defended his work, which allegedly led to the birth of the first genetically modified babies in the world. He said he was proud of his work. He also emphasized that science must do more to help people with diseases. He said that Wednesday at a genome research conference in Hong Kong, where he answered questions from international experts.
'A planned provocation of Ukraine, in cooperation with the United States and the European Union.' This is how Russia describes the blown-up conflict between the two countries, whereby Russia prevents the passage of Ukrainian ships to the Sea of Azov.
Certainly 631 African migrants died this year when they tried to reach Spain via the sea. That number is nearly three times as large as last year and the International Organization for Immigration (IOM) calls the situation alarming.
A 16-year-old girl from South Sudan recently sold through an auction on social media. That gave her father 500 cows, three cars and 10,000 dollars.
South Korean Kim Jong-yang will be the new chairman of Interpol. According to the organization, he emerged as the winner in a vote at a conference in Dubai. Representatives of the 194 member states of the international police force meet there.
Many tens of thousands of young children have died in recent years in Yemen from the effects of severe malnutrition. This is the conclusion of the children's rights organization Save the Children, who has to make great efforts to get aid goods in the right place in the conflict-torn country.
(ANP)- The protest movement of American students for safe schools and the extermination of gun violence March For Our Lives, is the winner of the International Children's Peace Prize 2018.
The six Greenpeace activists who were stuck on a ship in Spain are free. The environmentalists have been released by the Spanish authorities in the port of Algeciras near Gibraltar. This happened after they were detained for 33 hours on board a ship carrying palm oil to the Netherlands.
