Armed forces from the Netherlands have been deployed to the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire to clear beaches of oil coming from an offshore spill blamed on an overturned barge hundreds of miles away. The military cleaned up several beaches on the
The Dutch government has spent over $180 million dealing with the aftermath of the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014. This included repatriating victims’ bodies and prosecuting those involved. The flight was shot down using a Russian missile from territory
A suspect in the fatal shooting of Dutch rapper Bigidagoe was apprehended at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris under a European warrant. The 20-year-old suspect, whose identity remains undisclosed, was intercepted while attempting to board a flight to French Guiana. The
A Dutch court has convicted 17 suspects, with three receiving life sentences, including Ridouan Taghi, the gang’s leader. Taghi, along with other suspects, did not attend the trial’s final day due to heavy security measures. Taghi was convicted of five murders and
Dutch far right leader Geert Wilders, who won the most seats in an election three months ago but has so far failed to form a new coalition government, said on Monday the Netherlands was “Europe’s fool” for accepting too many Ukrainian refugees.
Outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who is likely to be the next secretary-general of NATO, urged fellow European leaders to stop “whining” about former President Trump. The blunt admonition comes days after the GOP 2024 front-runner suggested the U.S. should not
In the early 17th century, laughter was almost never captured on a painter’s canvas. Frans Hals changed that. “He was not a sober painter,” said Friso Lammertse, co-curator of a major exhibition of the Dutch master’s paintings that opens this week at
A Dutch appeals court on Monday ordered the government to block all exports of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel over concerns they were being used in violations of international law during Israel’s Gaza offensive. It said the state had to comply
Dries van Agt, the Christian Democrat prime minister of the Netherlands from 1977 until 1982, has died by euthanasia, “hand in hand” together with his wife, according to the human rights organization he founded. They both were 93. The news was made
Luke Littler came up short in his quest for second successive World Series triumph as Michael van Gerwen won Saturday’s high-octane Dutch Darts Masters final 8-6. Teenage Littler took two huge scalps en route to the main event in Den Bosch, where