Exit poll predicts right-wing party will be second in Dutch European election

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A right-wing, stridently anti-Islam Dutch lawmaker’s party won more than 15 percent of votes in the country’s European Parliament elections Thursday, according to the national broadcaster’s exit poll.

Climate change advocate Tony Blair: US-China deal will be key to agreement on global warming

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The key to a new global climate change agreement will be a deal between the United States and China, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Friday.

Court dismisses motion for Charles Taylor’s early acquittal, orders war crimes trial to go on

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Judges on Monday rejected a request by former Liberian President Charles Taylor for an immediate acquittal on war crimes charges, saying he must answer allegations that he was part of a campaign to terrorize Sierra Leone’s population through murder, rape and mutilation.

War crimes court dismisses motion for Charles Taylor’s early acquittal, orders trial to go on

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — War crimes judges say they have dismissed a motion to acquit former Liberian President Charles Taylor because he may have been responsible for mass murder, rape and mutilations in Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war.

Armed robbers steal Salvador Dali painting from Dutch museum

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Masked gunmen stole two paintings from a Dutch museum Friday, including a work by surrealist Salvador Dali, officials said.

UN judge rejects Karadzic challenges on jurisdiction, taking a step toward war crimes trial

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A judge at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal Wednesday rejected challenges by Radovan Karadzic and said the U.N. court had jurisdiction to try him on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.

Ape flees enclosure in Dutch zoo, ends up among visitors; nobody injured

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Separated from his mother and confronted by a group of angry pregnant females, a bonobo ape didn’t hesitate Thursday at a Dutch zoo.