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The MV Hondius cruise ship arrives at the Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship docks in the Netherlands for disinfection

May 18, 2026 at 8:16 a.m.

The cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak has docked at the Dutch port of Rotterdam for disinfection, wrapping up a troubled journey that put international health authorities on...

The MV Hondius cruise ship departs the port in Praia, Cape Verde, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Health officials track dozens who left hantavirus-stricken ship after 1st fatality

May 7, 2026 at 12:17 p.m.

More than two dozen passengers left a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak on April 24 without contact tracing, nearly two weeks after the first passenger died on...

A gravestone lies just feet from the shoreline on Pele Island, Vanuatu, Friday, July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

The UN’s top court in a landmark climate change decision enshrines a human right

July 23, 2025 at 9:36 a.m.

Judges with the United Nations’s top court say in a landmark climate decision that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a human right.

International flags on the venue ahead of the upcoming NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

NATO chief praises Trump for making Europe ‘pay in a BIG way’ on defense ahead of summit

June 24, 2025 at 3:45 p.m.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte praised President Donald Trump for making Europe “pay in a BIG way.”

FILE – The headquarters of the International Criminal Court is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, Jan. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Mike Corder, File)

What is the International Criminal Court and how will President Donald Trump’s sanctions impact it?

February 7, 2025 at 11:26 a.m.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court could jeopardize trials and investigations at the world’s only permanent global tribunal for war crimes and genocide.

FILE -A view of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

ICC condemns sanctions by President Donald Trump administration and pledges to continue its work

February 7, 2025 at 8:34 a.m.

The International Criminal Court on Friday called on its member states to stand up against sanctions imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, saying that the move was an attempt to...

FILE – The Peace Palace housing the World Court, or International Court of Justice, is reflected in a monument in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

A landmark climate change case will open at the top UN court as island nations fear rising seas

December 1, 2024 at 12:39 p.m.

The top United Nations court will take up the largest case in its history on Monday, when it opens two weeks of hearings into what countries worldwide are legally required...

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