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Published on 21/08/2026 – 9:19 GMT+2 A fire that tore through an apartment building in Switzerland on Friday has left five people missing and eight injured, police said. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The blaze in the eastern town of Thusis, which was reported just after midnight, “entirely burned” a building that housed…
By Franziska Müller Published on 21/08/2026 – 8:09 GMT+2 The unusually low water level of the Danube in Budapest has revealed relics that had remained hidden on the riverbed for more than 80 years. Among the discoveries are the remains of two German soldiers from the Second World War, their military…
Kandersteg is a village of around 1,300 people in the Swiss Alps, surrounded by steep valleys, glaciers and towering peaks. Above it sits Spitze Stei, an unstable rock formation large enough to trigger a landslide potentially twice the size of the one that buried parts of Blatten in May 2025.…
Published on 20/08/2026 – 21:41 GMT+2•Updated 22:00 Finland’s defence ministry said on Thursday evening it suspected that a Russian aircraft had violated its airspace earlier in the day. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Every suspected violation of air space is taken seriously,” Defence Minister Antti Hakkanen said in a ministry statement. “An investigation…
Published on 20/08/2026 – 20:22 GMT+2•Updated 20:23 The leaders of seven countries, including four EU member states, condemned a major settlement project in the West Bank and called on Israel to end expansion in the occupied Palestinian territory after authorities opened bidding for more than 1,200 homes in the area.…
Published on 20/08/2026 – 18:48 GMT+2 A Finnish-Russian woman has been charged with trafficking her children to parts of Syria then controlled by the so-called Islamic State (IS) group, Finnish prosecutors said on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The woman has been charged with two counts of aggravated human trafficking for the…
The European Union is currently racing against time to refill its gas storage before winter. As liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from the Gulf are increasingly diverted to Asia, the bloc’s 90% storage target is now effectively out of reach, according to energy market intelligence company Montel. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT With…
Published on 20/08/2026 – 15:58 GMT+2 Belgium’s largest wildfire in a century was brought “under control” on Thursday after a seven-day fight involving hundreds of firefighters in the boggy terrain of the High Fens nature reserve. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “At this stage, the fire is now under control in its entirety…
Published on 20/08/2026 – 14:45 GMT+2 A court on the Indonesian resort island of Bali sentenced a Swiss tourist to one year in prison on Thursday for insulting a sacred Balinese Hindu observance. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Luzian Andrin Zgraggen, 26, was found guilty of violating Indonesia’s new criminal code by posting…
Published on 20/08/2026 – 12:09 GMT+2 Romania scrambled NATO fighter jets after a drone entered its airspace during a major Russian missile and drone attack on neighbouring Ukraine. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Romania’s Defence Ministry said military radar detected a group of aerial targets close to the Ukrainian border, north of the…
