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...
A Chinese national suspected of running a Cambodia-based scam operation linked to the killing of a South Korean university student has been arrested during a raid on a luxury house in Thailand, author...
Kurdish-led forces withdrew from Syria's largest oil field on Sunday, according to a conflict monitor, as government troops expanded their control over vast areas in the country's north and east. As t...
Enrolment at Harvard for Chinese students rose in the autumn from a year earlier, even as the Donald Trump administration moved to rein in visas for them and limit foreign enrolment and funding at the...
Iran's top judge hinted at fast trials and executions for those who were detained in nationwide protests against the country's theocracy, Rochelle Ferguson Bouyahi welcomes Scott Lucas, Professor of A...
Donald Trump has announced that the second phase of the plan to end the war in Gaza has started. With key elements of phase one still unfulfilled - like a complete ceasefire - the announcement of the ...
Donald Trump has again doubled down on threats to seize the autonomous territory. Foreign ministers from Denmark and Greenland are in Washington DC for talks on easing the tensions over the Arctic isl...
The White House has released the names of some of members of various boards who will play a role in guiding Gaza through the next steps of the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, brokered by Trum...
An investigation has been ordered into the circumstance under which the toddler son of the award-winning Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie died at a leading hospital in Lagos. The writer has b...
Five skiers were killed in a pair of avalanches in the Alpine regions of western Austria on Saturday. Authorities say two others were injured with one having suffered critical wounds....
Body was originally planned to oversee Gaza but charter’s broad wording suggests it could mediate in other conflicts...
China and the Philippines have again exchanged barbs over confrontations in the disputed South China Sea, with each accusing the other of provocation and escalating tensions. The Chinese embassy in th...
We’re at the semi-final stage at the Africa Cup of Nations, where the margins are tighter and the pressure is growing....
In tonight's edition, a week after Ugandan authorities denied plans to shut down internet access during this week's presidential elections, public online access is blocked for millions of voters. Also...
Uganda's authorities have shut down rights groups, arrested opponents and their supporters, now they've turned off the internet. After 40 years in office, President Yoweri Museveni has no intention of...
Donald Trump has renewed global focus on Greenland and the Arctic. Who controls this polar region, and why are power, security and resources at stake?...
Germany is cutting its development aid budget. But as development policy is also part of national security, alongside diplomacy and defense, these budget cuts may cause problems....
The leader of Iran's judiciary has said there will be rapid trials and executions for those arrested in nationwide protests. Washington has threatened military action over the crackdown. DW has the la...
The US State Department hailed Venezuela's interim government for releasing American prisoners, calling it a "step in the right direction."...
Netanyahu's office said the lineup runs contrary to Israeli policy. The Trump administration had announced panel members who will oversee the transitional government in the war-ravaged Palestinian ter...