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 ...
Since Ukraine allowed men aged 18 to 22 to travel abroad last August, Germany has seen a growing number of young Ukrainian refugees. Seeking work and hoping to avoid mobilisation, around 20,000 arrive...
German Chancellor Merz said the current form of US President Trump's "Board of Peace" prevented Germany from joining for "constitutional reasons." But Merz said he was open to "new formats" of coopera...
While a considerable majority of Germans drink alcohol, the proportion is on the wane with many citing health worries. Meanwhile, a debate about inheritance tax is brewing in the German government. DW...
In 2025, India approved a number of major defence packages, together worth US$30 billion. Such rapid procurement approvals are relatively rare by Indian standards. However, what they signal to the reg...
Iran's regime has been cracking down on protesters with brutal force. Images of bodies in shrouds have provoked shock and outrage around the world — including among five Iranian women living in German...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Iran’s current leadership may be nearing its end amid mass protests across the country. “If a regime can only stay in power through the use of violence, then it i...
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...
Germany is pulling its troops out of Greenland after a very brief assessment mission. The withdrawal comes amid President Donald Trump’s tariff threats and his claim that Greenland should belong to th...
Russia targeted energy infrastructure in Odesa region overnight on Sunday, according to Ukraine’s Emergency Service. A fire broke out and was promptly extinguished. At least six people were wounded in...
The German reconnaissance team is among the groups of European military personnel who are scheduled to arrive in Greenland on Thursday....
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...
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...
Alberta is a very cold place in winter, even by Canadian standards. And yet, in the past week, hundreds of Albertans formed long queues in freezing weather, in big cities and small towns, to sign a pe...
The US military's renewed focus on the Arctic is exposing the types of weapons it needs for the region. US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nicholas Paczkowski The US doesn't have the weapons and tech...
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz signed the new German-Italian Action Plan in Rome, where the two delegations met for the intergovernmental summit in Rome on ...
The International Monetary Fund is predicting stronger German economic growth in 2026 than even some German institutions. Meanwhile, Germany's finance minister says the EU won't be "blackmailed" by US...
Speaking to world leaders in Davos, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned that "the old world order is unraveling at breathtaking pace" and set out key priorities for the future. DW has more....
After identifying a suspected agent, Germany has expelled a Russian embassy employee and summoned the Russian ambassador....
The Kurdish people are one of the largest ethnic groups in the world without their own country. Many are native to the region where four countries — Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey — meet and share langu...