Chilean President-elect Jose Antonio Kast has named two lawyers who defended dictator Augusto Pinochet to his new cabinet. The far-right leader said his picks were "not the result of quotas, calculati...
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....
Life is slowly returning to normal in Russia’s far east after what residents are calling a “snow apocalypse.” A powerful cyclone dumped record snowfall on the Kamchatka region, burying homes, blocking...
A ceasefire agreement and the integration of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into the Syrian army was announced following the army's takeover of areas in the east of the country, including military...
Qatar Football Festival 2026 will be headlined by the men’s Finalissima between Argentina and Spain, with some of the world’s biggest football stars set to appear in Doha during a six-match internatio...
Germany has vowed a "united" response from Europe after Donald Trump threatened tariffs on nations that oppose him over Greenland. NATO's Mark Rutte is set for talks with Danish and Greenland official...
Germany has vowed a "united" response from Europe after Donald Trump threatened tariffs on nations that oppose him over Greenland. NATO's Mark Rutte is set for talks with Danish and Greenland official...
Dozens of people were wounded and at least two were killed in overnight Russian air attacks on Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian president. The attack comes as US and Ukrainian officials are set to ...
The president of the German Armed Forces' reservists says European troops should be sent to Greenland to block a US takeover of the territory. Meanwhile, heating bills are set to soar amid a harsh win...
European leaders are taking center stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos, a day ahead of US President Donald Trump's visit. His threat of tariffs over Greenland is set to loom over the summit's a...
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...
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...
Geoeconomic confrontation — ranging from sanctions to tariffs — is the top threat, found the World Economic Forum (WEF)'s Global Risks Report on the eve of its annual meeting gathering the world's bus...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cast the U.S. announcement that the fragile ceasefire in Gaza would advance to its second phase as largely symbolic, raising questions about how its more ...
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...
Joshua Landis, the director of the University of Oklahoma's Centre for Middle East Studies, talks about how the Syrian military's advance across the country's north aims to end years of autonomy won b...
Hosts Morocco and Senegal will fight it out in a heavyweight Africa Cup of Nations final this weekend after tense last-four victories on Wednesday. The tournament has delivered a final showdown for th...
Iranian authorities deployed riot police Thursday evening on Tehran's main square and avenues to prevent protests, FRANCE 24's correspondent Siavosh Ghazi said. Ghazi also reported that Iran has not y...
Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman have led efforts to talk President Donald Trump out of a US attack on Iran, according to news reports. Turkey is also concerned about a collapse of central authority in Ir...
Civilians fled a Kurdish-held region of northern Syria on Friday before a deadline set by the army, which seeks to expand its control over the area after driving Kurdish forces from Aleppo. The govern...