Dutch police cleared out climate protesters blocking a highway over fossil fuel subsidies

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Several thousand climate activists blocked a Dutch highway on Saturday in anger at billions of euros in government subsidies for industries that use oil, coal and gas — before police dispersed them with water cannons. A report earlier this week...

US lawmakers visiting The Hague say Russian President Putin is committing genocide in Ukraine

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Members of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee said Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is committing genocide in Ukraine. Their comments came a day before they were scheduled to meet with the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. ...

Dutch Supreme Court confirms immunity of former Israeli officers over a deadly 2014 Gaza airstrike

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch Supreme Court on Friday upheld a ruling that a Palestinian man cannot sue Israel's former defense minister and another former senior military officer over their roles in a deadly 2014 Gaza airstrike. The highest Dutch court confirmed findings...

UN appeal judges toss out plan to set up procedure to hear evidence against Rwandan genocide suspect

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Appeals judges on Monday threw out a decision by a United Nations court to set up a procedure to hear evidence against an elderly Rwandan genocide suspect who was declared unfit to face trial. The decision likely means that Félicien Kabuga's trial,...

Schlumberger: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Schlumberger NV (SLB) on Friday reported second-quarter net income of $1.03 billion. On a per-share basis, the The Hague, Netherlands-based company said it had net income of 72 cents. The results exceeded...

A Dutch court convicts a man of assisting in at least 10 suicides by selling a deadly drug online

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court convicted a man Tuesday of helping at least 10 people take their own lives by selling them deadly “suicide drugs” and instructions for their use, in what has been seen as the latest test case for Dutch right-to-die policies. The man,...

Dutch voters will go to the polls on Nov. 22 after the fall of Mark Rutte's coalition

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch voters will go to the polls on in an early general election on Nov. 22, the caretaker government announced Friday, a week after Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s four-party coalition quit over its failure to agree a package of measures to rein in migration. ...

In Srebrenica, thousands gather to remember the 1995 massacre and bury the newly identified dead

SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Tens of thousands of people from around Bosnia and abroad gathered in Srebrenica Tuesday for the annual ritual of commemorating the 1995 massacre and to give a dignified burial to the victims unearthed from mass graves and only recently identified through DNA...

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will leave politics after election, marking end of a political era

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the Netherlands’ longest serving premier, said Monday he will leave politics after an early general election sparked by a dispute over migration that led to his government’s resignation. His decision means the end...

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says he will leave politics after an election sparked by his government’s resignation