Belgium is set to fully digitise its short-term work permit and commuter permit application process from May 1, 2026, in a major administrative overhaul aimed at modernising how foreign worker documentation is handled. In a joint official communiqué released on April 17, 2026, on its website, by Belgium’s Federal Immigration Office on Monday, under the new system, employers and…
Iran’s foreign ministry said Monday that the United States was not serious about pursuing diplomacy, citing what it called “violations” of their two-week ceasefire. “While claiming diplomacy and readiness for negotiations, the US is carrying out behaviours that do not in any way indicate seriousness in pursuing a diplomatic process,” said ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei in a weekly press…
One person died and seven were injured Monday after a trolleybus veered off the road and crashed into a supermarket in Salzburg, Austria’s Red Cross said. “One person died despite attempts to resuscitate,” a Red Cross spokeswoman told AFP. The injured were taken to the hospital, two in serious condition, she added, as a large team of emergency responders…
Russia said Monday it had arrested a German woman found with a homemade bomb in her backpack in what it alleged was a Ukrainian-hatched plot to blow up a security services facility in the south. Russia has arrested dozens of people throughout the four-year war, mostly its own citizens, on allegations of working for Ukraine to carry out sabotage…
French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk are meeting on Monday in the north of Poland to strengthen defence cooperation in the face of Russian threats and weakening US commitment to Europe. The meeting is the first since the two countries signed a treaty of friendship and enhanced cooperation last May. “We have very similar views…
Tensions between the United States and Iran have intensified sharply, with US President Donald Trump threatening military action against Iran’s critical infrastructure if ongoing negotiations fail. Tensions between the United States and Iran have intensified sharply, with US President Donald Trump threatening military action against Iran’s critical infrastructure if ongoing negotiations fail. Trump announced that American representatives would travel…
