The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency fear the number will grow as information leaks out of a country still gripped by the government's decision to shut down the internet....
The letters have no practical impact in peacetime other than to let owners know that the military may take over their goods in the event of a conflict, the statement said....
President Trump described the move as a “wonderful gesture of mutual respect.” The Nobel Committee said the medal can change hands, but “the title of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate cannot.”...
The nationwide protests challenging Iran’s theocracy appeared increasingly smothered Thursday, a week on from authorities shutting the country off from the world and escalating a bloody crackdown that...
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced a ceasefire agreement on Sunday with Mazloum Abdi, the chief of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, following the Syrian government's advance into Kurd...
The US thanked Iraq for its cooperation to transfer up to 7,000 prisoners out of Syria, after the Kurdish-led SDF lost control over the territory where the prisoner camps were held....
US President Donald Trump boasted it is the "Greatest and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled at any time, any place." The body will oversee the transitional government in the war-ravaged Palestinia...
Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s military purge has intensified sharply, with the party now investigating the last two top military officials who had survived earlier crackdowns. The vice chair of the Cent...
William Hilderbrandt is pleased to welcome Professor Paul Smith, Head of Modern Languages at the University of Nottingham. the recent drama in the is dissected with calm precision. While the failure o...
The European Union's parliament voted on Wednesday to refer a freshly signed trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur to the EU's top court, casting the hard-fought accord into legal limbo. The vo...
The death toll from nationwide protests in Iran spiked January 12 to at least 2,000 people killed, activists say. With the Internet down in Iran, gauging the demonstrations from abroad has grown more ...
President Trump suggested US allies in NATO were "off the front lines" during the war in Afghanistan. London has strongly opposed the suggestion, which comes amid tensions between the US and some NATO...
Chinese-owned video platform TikTok has sealed a deal to create a joint venture with American investors. The move allows the popular social app to dodge the threat of being banned in the US....
Lawmakers voted narrowly to challenge the EU trade deal with Latin America in the bloc's top court, a move that could derail the deal. Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the deal should be provisionally e...
The Islamic Republic is a key player in the Middle East, with close ties to Russia and China. As the regime in Tehran comes under fire, DW looks at Iran's place on the global stage....
The World Economic Forum has come to an end after a tense but ultimately anti-climactic week at Davos, with the US, Ukrainian and Canadian leaders attracting the most attention. Read DW's wrap of the ...
After shutting down the internet, the Iranian government is now attempting to jam the Starlink satellite service made free to Iranians by the company. Iranians are now seeking ways to circumvent this ...
Several state prosecutors have reportedly resigned over the lack of a civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by an ICE agent. The US Justice Department denies the...
This month, a telling scene unfolded in Addis Ababa. The African Union and China held their ninth strategic dialogue in the Ethiopian capital and launched the 2026 China-Africa Year of People-to-Peopl...
Hungary’s president announced on Tuesday that the next parliamentary election will be held on April 12th. Although the official campaign begins in a month, the race is already shaping up to be the mos...