Month: August 2026

England and Wales recorded their driest July on record this year, the UK's national weather agency has announced, citing provisional figures. The Met Office described July as an "exceptional month" for the UK's weather books, with provisional statistics showing records were challenged or broken for temperature, sunshine, and rainfall. According to the agency, England saw […]

Authorities in Ceuta are struggling to cope with thousands of people that remain in the autonomous city following the mass arrival of migrants last week. Security forces estimate that around 73,500 people have already left the North African exclave and returned to Morocco, while local authorities say up to 5,000 remain in the Spanish territory, […]

Belgium on Monday called for a stronger role for the EU's border agency Frontex and closer cooperation with migrants' countries of origin, as EU interior ministers are set to convene Tuesday for an emergency meeting on the migration crisis in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, according to Belgian broadcaster RTBF. "We must better protect […]

The Danish Armed Forces have launched an expanded conscription of young people amid actions by the United States and Russia. This was reported by the country’s Ministry of Defense. It is reported that 1,600 Danes have been drafted under the new program for a term of 11 months. Denmark had previously announced that, starting in […]

A large wildfire that broke out in the southern Dutch province of Limburg prompted the deployment of defense helicopters and the evacuation of a nearby campsite on Monday, according to Dutch broadcaster NOS. Two defense helicopters were deployed to help combat the wildfire in the municipality of Venray as authorities scaled up the response due […]

More than a year after authorities took down the darknet marketplace “Archetyp Market,” German prosecutors have charged the alleged operator of the platform, which was reportedly used for the large-scale trading of illegal substances. The 31-year-old suspect is accused of having run the platform since July 2020, facilitating the sale of narcotics and other illegal […]