North Korea has the fourth-largest number of active armed forces in the world. Alain Nogues/Corbis via Getty Images The International Institute for Strategic Studies compiled data about the world's mi...
A high-speed train travelling from Malaga to Madrid derailed, crashing into an oncoming train near the town of Adamuz in the southern Andalusia region....
A high-speed train traveling from Malaga to Madrid derailed, crashing into an oncoming train in southern Andalusia. At least 39 people have died with dozens rushed to hospital with injuries. DW has th...
The number of people killed in protests against the Iranian regime has been rising since demonstrations began in late December. An NGO reported on January 20 that more than 4,500 people had been kille...
The death toll from a high-speed train collision in southern Spain rose to 40 on Monday as the government vowed a full investigation into its causes. The crash late on Sunday is Spain's deadliest trai...
At least five people have died and several have been injured after the derailment of an Iryo train with 300 passengers on board in Adamuz (Córdoba), which invaded the adjacent track and collided with ...
China’s exports defied a turbulent year of trade tensions to perform better than expected in 2025, cementing a record US$1.19 trillion annual surplus as manufacturers diversified markets to offset a s...
China's JY-27A radar didn't appear to be effective during the US raid on Venezuela. US Air Force Photo Venezuela's Chinese air defense radars weren't game-changing during the US raid to capture Maduro...
A high-speed train traveling from Malaga to Madrid derailed, crashing into an oncoming train in southern Andalusia. At least 39 people have died with dozens rushed to hospital with injuries. DW has th...
The airspace closure came as some personnel at a key US military base in Qatar were advised to evacuate, including the embassy in Kuwait, which also ordered its personnel to “temporarily halt” going t...
Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing is widely expected to take on the country's presidency after the highly controversial elections....
Many highly skilled Bulgarians are moving back to their home country, swayed by the major income boost for remote work....
We’re at the semi-final stage at the Africa Cup of Nations, where the margins are tighter and the pressure is growing....
Behind the crisis caused by Donald Trump’s threats is a much bigger change: the waning of US hegemony and the coming of a multi-polar age...
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he’s been told "on good authority" that plans for executions in Iran have stopped. Tehran, on its end, has signaled fast trials and executions ahead in it...
Gold continues to hit record highs, having already had a bumper run in 2025. Geopolitical and economic uncertainty are the key factors, while doubts over the US dollar are also attracting new investor...
The Iranian regime’s recent crackdown on protests in Tehran and the country’s central region featured the use of military weapons, such as automatic or semi-automatic machine guns, that were previousl...
Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian homes are either entirely without heating, or with severely reduced heating. This, as temperatures rarely rise above minus 10. It’s the result of Russia’s campaign o...
A Munich court is set to open the trial over a car attack on a trade union rally that killed a woman and her child. Meanwhile, Germany says inflation has stabilized, easing from post-pandemic highs. D...
The high-speed train was travelling from Bangkok to northeast Thailand....