The Latest Breaking News from Piroschka van de Wouw

Michelle Agyemang in England spotlight before UEFA Euro 2025 final

Four years ago, Agyemang was a ball girl at Wembley. Now, the 19-year-old striker has guided England to the Euro final.

Al Jazeera · Jul 24, 2025

‘Historic’ ruling on climate change by World Court: What to expect

The ICJ is set to decide the future course of climate accountability in a landmark legal case brought by Vanuatu.

Al Jazeera · Jul 23, 2025

Thousands attend ‘red line’ protest in The Hague against Israel’s Gaza war

According to Oxfam, nearly 150,000 people in the Netherlands called for the government to do more against the war.

Al Jazeera · Jun 15, 2025

UN court beefs up convictions of Milosevic aides in final Yugoslav case

U.N. judges on Wednesday sentenced two former Serbian spymasters who worked for Yugoslav ex-President Slobodan Milosevic to 15 years in jail as it beefed up their initial convictions in the last case before The Hague tribunal dating from the Balkan wars.

Reuters · May 31, 2023

ICC prosecutors say Malian rebel was 'enthusiastic' war crimes perpetrator

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday said a Malian Islamist rebel was a key figure in "blatant persecution" of the residents of Timbuktu and was an enthusiastic participant in war crimes.

Reuters · May 23, 2023

Dutch celebrate King's Day as confidence in monarchy diminishes

Millions of Dutch revellers took to the streets on Thursday to celebrate King's Day festivities, dressing in orange and enjoying open-air markets - even as trust in the man at the centre of the nationwide party sinks to a low ebb.

Reuters · Apr 27, 2023

War crimes charges fabricated, KLA member tells Kosovo tribunal

A former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) member, accused of running a makeshift prison where people were abused and one man killed, told judges at the opening of his trial on Tuesday that the charges against him were fabricated.

Reuters · Feb 21, 2023

After 104 hours buried by Turkey earthquake, woman brought out alive

Rescuers pulled a woman alive out of the rubble of a collapsed building in Turkey on Friday, prompting cheers from onlookers 104 hours after she was buried by the huge earthquake that wrought death and destruction across the region.

Reuters · Feb 10, 2023

U.S. military tanks at Dutch port en route to NATO frontier

A large number of U.S. army tanks and military vehicles began arriving at the Dutch port of Vlissingen on Wednesday, before heading to Poland and Lithuania as part of efforts to strengthen NATO's eastern flank.

Reuters · Jan 11, 2023

Old Nazi map sparks treasure hunt in the Netherlands

An old map believed to mark the spot where German soldiers hid treasure worth millions of euros during World War Two sparked the imagination of amateur treasure hunters in the Netherlands this week.

Reuters · Jan 6, 2023