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By Kirsten Ripper Published on 14/08/2026 – 10:38 GMT+2 Where should the journey go? In 2026, many tourists now think very carefully about that. And among US tourists, Germany may now lose out as a destination. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The reason: in the US State Department’s travel advisories, the Federal Republic remains…
Published on 14/08/2026 – 8:11 GMT+2 Fighter jets operating under NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission shot down a “foreign drone” in Latvian airspace on Friday, according to the country’s military. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In a statement, the Latvian armed forces said the drone had entered Latvia “as a result of Russian…
Russian forces struck a second passenger train, which was carrying 500 people, in Ukraine’s Odesa region on Thursday, injuring a child. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT It comes just hours after a Russian drone struck a passenger train carrying 340 people in the same region earlier in the day, an attack that had…
A fleet of small boats evacuated hundreds of tourists from beaches in northern Greece as a forest fire bore down on two popular resorts. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Water bombing planes and helicopters and almost 150 firefighters battled the flames spreading across the Halkidiki peninsula south of the city of Thessaloniki, the…
Published on 13/08/2026 – 22:06 GMT+2 Two people sustained “serious injuries” and nine more were hurt as a busy commuter train from London derailed on Thursday near the southeast English town of Lewes, emergency services said. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “At this stage, we can confirm that two patients have sustained serious…
Published on 13/08/2026 – 20:54 GMT+2 The Swedish parliament voted to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 14 on Thursday as the right-wing government heads toward a national election, vowing to clamp down on crime. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The government had wanted to lower the age at which…
Published on 13/08/2026 – 17:48 GMT+2 Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling on Washington to release a portion of the US Patriot interceptor stockpile, saying Ukraine needs 5% of the missiles simply to get through the winter and “save people’s lives.” ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “If they sell us 5% we will go through…
A powerful explosion rocked an ammunition factory near Colleferro, a town about 40 kilometres southeast of Rome, police said on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Firefighters and police were at the site and “complex operations” were underway at the Knds Ammo Italy plant which was formerly Simmel Difesa. Videos shared on social…
The eruption of Mount Etna has been ongoing for seven days, causing disruption to air traffic in Sicily at the height of the summer season. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Catania airport has extended the suspension of flights until 08:00 on 14 August because of volcanic ash. In the meantime, Etna, affectionately nicknamed…
Published on 13/08/2026 – 17:15 GMT+2 A bomb hidden in a rubbish bin tore through a residential street in occupied Sevastopol on Thursday morning, killing a Russian serviceman in what Moscow’s security service called a Ukrainian-directed attack, the latest in a series of strikes against military figures tied to the…
