Donald Trump announced an ambitious plan at the start of his second term: the Golden Dome should protect the US from any possible missile attack. Part of this protection system should even be placed in space. The price tag now appears to be astronomical.
The British government has revoked the ETA (Electronic Travel Authorization) visa of Flemish Member of Parliament Filip Dewinter (Vlaams Belang). As a result, the seasoned, Flemish, far-right politician can no longer enter the United Kingdom. Filip Dewinter himself reported this on his social media on Tuesday.
Was there ever an edition of the Eurovision Song Contest more criticized than this 70th edition in Vienna? Five countries are already openly boycotting this year's European music festival due to Israel's presence and actions. So don't look for participants from the Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and Iceland on the stage of the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna this week.
There is a growing likelihood that 102 years after the Amsterdam Summer Olympics, Olympic games will once again take place on Dutch soil.
Last Thursday, a fisherman suddenly found an attack drone loaded with explosives in the water off the Greek holiday island of Lefkas. For now, how the kamikaze drone ended up in the Ionian Sea remains a mystery.
A new feasibility study has shown that a tunnel between Spain and Morocco is not impossible after all. Will the continents of Africa and Europe soon be connected by a tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar?
All passengers and crew were able to leave the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius in the port of Granadilla in Tenerife in a controlled manner and after a health check. The ship was en route from Argentina to Cape Verde when several people on board fell ill.
Giving pétanque (French boules sport) a new image as a cool, accessible sport for younger generations: that's the goal of Tanguy Penin, a 26-year-old Frenchman, and the first "pétanque influencer".
The United Kingdom is sending military paratroopers to a remote island to assist in the care of a suspected hantavirus patient. The Dutch cruise ship has meanwhile docked in the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, after which authorities are holding a controlled evacuation and repatriation of passengers on Sunday and Monday.
A 14-month-old toddler fell into a coma in Australia while his mother was baking a cake.