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Trump's USA Trump's Asia trip
Trump: No meeting with Kim Jong-Un

Donald Trump could have considered extending his Asia trip if he could meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. But that doesn't look like it will happen, Yonhap reports.

Trump himself says that they haven't managed to schedule a meeting.

- We simply couldn't get it together, he says in a speech in South Korea, which is the last stop on his Asia trip.

A meeting that will take place in South Korea, however, is one with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, several media outlets report.

The war in Sudan
500 killed in hospital in Sudan: "They showed no mercy"

The paramilitary rebel group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed several hundred people in a hospital in Sudan over the weekend, the UN says according to AP.

As many as 460 patients and several relatives are among the victims at the maternity hospital in el-Fasher, the provincial capital of North Darfur. In addition, RSF forces have gone from house to house in the city, cold-bloodedly murdering and abusing civilians, many of them women and children.

“The Janjaweed showed no mercy to anyone,” says Umm Amena, a mother of four who fled el-Fasher. Janjaweed is a Sudanese term for rebels often used for the RSF.

More than 40,000 people have been killed during the two-year-long fighting between the RSF and the regular forces.

European security policy
Poland met and escorted Russian military aircraft

Two Polish fighter jets flew up on Tuesday to meet and escort a Russian military aircraft out of the country’s area of ​​responsibility, Reuters reports.

According to the newspaper Rzeczpospolita, it is a Russian Il-20 plane that, according to the Polish Ministry of Defense, was carrying out a reconnaissance mission over the Baltic Sea.

The plane is not said to have violated Polish airspace, but its transponder is said to have been switched off.

Election in the Netherlands
Center party D66 looks set to be the largest in the Netherlands

The social liberal center party D66 will be the largest party in the Dutch election, according to the public service company NOS polling station survey.

The survey suggests that the election will be a shocker. D66 will take 27 seats in the 150-seat parliament, the far-right PVV will take 25 seats, the right-wing VVD will take 23 seats and the red-green bloc will take 20 seats.

The margin of error is estimated to be up to three seats.

D66 and party leader Rob Jetten are seen as a counterpoint to right-wing populism. The leader of the PVV is Geert Wilders, who is identified as a right-wing populist.

Louvre robbery
Arrested Louvre robbers admit their involvement

The two men who were arrested earlier this week on suspicion of their involvement in the high-profile robbery of the Louvre in Paris are suspected of having broken into the art museum. This is stated by prosecutor Laure Beccuau according to Reuters.

The men's DNA has been found on a moped used during the escape from the museum and, according to Beccuau, they have also admitted their involvement in the spectacular robbery.

No jewels have been found, the French prosecutor concludes. 

Pakistan-Afghanistan relations
Peace talks with Afghanistan end: "Pakistan's patience is over"

Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan have collapsed after four days, writes AP.

"Pakistan's patience is over," writes the country's Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on X.

Pakistan has carried out repeated attacks on Afghanistan, which they believe allows the Pakistani Taliban to use the country as a springboard for terrorist attacks.

State media from both countries have accused the other side of sabotaging the peace talks. The countries have been in a ceasefire since mid-October, and what will happen to it now is unclear.