Two late goals were enough to give the Netherlands a crucial 2-0 win over Senegal in their World Cup opener.

Dutch citizens throw egg at canvas of prime minister in the Hague, in protest at high energy prices.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says he is "ashamed" as hundreds of asylum-seekers have been forced to sleep in the sweltering heat outside an overcrowded migrant reception center in Ter Apel.

Thousands of workers at the British Royal Mail began their four-day strike over a pay dispute with the company on Friday, the same day Dutch railway workers announced their strike in the western part of the country to seek pay increases.

Thousands of protesters pack Amsterdam's streets in opposition to the government-imposed COVID-19 measures and vaccination campaign as virus infections hit a new record.

Riot police with batons and shields break up a crowd of several thousand who had gathered in the Dutch capital to protest against COVID-19 lockdown measures and vaccinations.

It is one of the worst spells of violence in the Netherlands since pandemic restrictions were first imposed last year.

Iran’s foreign ministry has hit back at the US after it denied an agreement, also involving the UK, to swap ten prisoners on all sides.

The United States air force is sending dozens of F-22 fighter jets to the Pacific amid growing tensions with China.

The Dutch government says it is temporarily halting AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccinations for people under 60 following reports of very small number of people suffering unusual blood clots after receiving the shot.