The world, in perspective.

Een 20-tal activisten van Extinction Rebellion heeft vanochtend geprotesteerd aan de rechtbank in Hasselt om aan te klagen dat leden van de organisatie een GAS-boete krijgen. Die leden waren vorig jaar betrokken bij protest aan het filiaal van BNP Paribas Fortis in Hasselt. Volgens de stad verstoorden zij de openbare orde. De organisatie spreekt dat tegen. H

The list of demands sent to Dr. Abdullah urged “intensifying of struggle for restoration of Statehood, implementation of the promises made in the 2024 manifesto within six months, removing CM’s advisor Wani, and reconsidering portfolios assigned to Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary”.

Hundreds of slaves were killed by colonial leaders in the Demerera rebellion of 1823, with many survivors executed.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3486,w_5500/742883' alt='Iraqi security forces stand at the Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran after Iraq closed the crossing following airstrikes on the Iranian side that security sources said killed an Iraqi citizen, Iraq, April 4, 2026. (photo cr

<img style="float: right" src="https://i.ds.at/Hah7BQ/rs:fill:150:0/plain/lido-images/2026/10/22/1796b7d5-fce4-4c6b-9f5b-bb0040fce8ba.jpg">Im 9. Jahrhundert schuf der Missionar Kyrill von Saloniki eine fremdartige Schrift, die zur Grundlage des Kyrillischen werden sollte und immer wieder politisch unter Druck war

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3667,w_5500/736444' alt='People stand outside the International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands. (photo credit: REUTERS/PIROSCHKA VAN DE WOUW/FILE PHOTO)' title='People stand outside the International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands.