South Korea leans toward military conscription for women
DW Englishby Julian Ryall·28 Aug 2026
Nearly 60% of South Koreans are now in favor of young women serving mandatory military service alongside their male counterparts, according to a recent survey, representing a significant shift in...
India: Citizen-led school audits test the limits of activism
DW Englishby Murali Krishnan·28 Aug 2026
The Indian activist movement dubbing itself the "Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)" shot to national prominence in May by leading weeks-long protests over a scandal involving highly competitive entrance...
Nepal-Tibet flood death toll passes 500 as rescue resumes
DW Englishby Seerat Chabba·28 Aug 2026
Rescue workers have resumed a search for hundreds of people still missing two days after catastrophic flash flooding hit the border between Nepal and China.
Why Germany's military is betting on gamers
DW Englishby Kristina Reymann-Schneider·28 Aug 2026
Gamescom, which runs from August 26-30 in Cologne, is promoted as the world's largest video game trade show.
US judge rules Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic unlawful
DW Englishby Matt Ford·28 Aug 2026
A United States federal judge has ruled in favor of the artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic in its dispute with the Pentagon over its labeling as a "supply chain risk."
Germany news: Dobrindt hosts Baltic Sea hybrid-threat talks
DW Englishby Richard Connor·28 Aug 2026
What you need to know - Baltic interior ministers and senior officials are meeting in Germany to discuss hybrid threats - Drone defense is a key focus after a recent incident at Leipzig airport -...
Norway's King Harald dies at 89
DW English·28 Aug 2026
Norway's King Harald, Europe's oldest living monarch, has died at 89, the royal court said on Friday.
Nepal-China flood rescue on hold as lake breaks banks
DW Englishby Seerat Chabba·28 Aug 2026
A lake formed by a landslide on the Nepal-China border began overflowing on Friday, threatening areas already devastated by this week's flash floods and halting rescue efforts, authorities said.
Nepal-China floods: Death toll climbs amid new flood risk
DW Englishby Seerat Chabba·28 Aug 2026
Rescuers were racing Friday to find hundreds of people still missing, two days after a catastrophic flash flood struck the Himalayan border between Nepal and China, with authorities warning an...
US to buy thousands of electric shock gloves for ICE agents
DW Englishby Andreas Illmer·28 Aug 2026
US immigration enforcement agency ICE has awarded a $16.7 million (€14.33 million) contract to buy 6,000 pairs of gloves that can deliver electric shocks.
Protesters clash with police, set fire to Ceuta migrant camp
DW Englishby Andreas Illmer·28 Aug 2026
Protesters in Ceuta set fire to a migrant camp and clashed with police on Thursday. The unrest comes one month after a mass influx of migrants from Morocco to the Spanish enclave in North Africa.
Tech giants urge global response to AI cybersecurity threats
DW Englishby Zac Crellin·27 Aug 2026
More than 100 companies, including AI giants OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Perplexity, have signed an open letter calling for a global effort to strengthen AI-powered cybersecurity threats.
Spain: Thieves steal Bronze Age gold at Villena Museum
DW Englishby Mark Hallam·27 Aug 2026
Thieves on Thursday raided one of the world's greatest Bronze Age gold collections in the latest of a series of high-profile heists on European museums in recent months.
The man behind Srebrenica: Ratko Mladic dies at 84
DW Englishby Zoran Arbutina·27 Aug 2026
More than 30 years after the end of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995), Srebrenica remains emblematic of its brutality.
Zambian opposition leader in police custody: state media
DW Englishby Mark Hallam·27 Aug 2026
Zambia's opposition leader and presidential election runner-up Brian Mundubile was in police custody and being questioned, state broadcaster ZNBC reported on Thursday.
Nepal flooding: 'We are disconnected from Kathmandu'
DW Englishby Lekhanath Pandey; Darko Janjevic·27 Aug 2026
With the death toll in Nepal well into the hundreds and rising following a massive flash flood on Wednesday, the full scope of destruction remains unclear.
Tragedy in Nepal: How do flash floods happen?
DW Englishby Julia Vergin·27 Aug 2026
The disaster in the border region between China and Nepal was as sudden as it was unexpected: Within just 10 minutes, enormous volumes of water and debris swept 20 kilometers downstream on...
Andre Rankel named Germany's new men's ice hockey coach
DW Englishby Chuck Penfold·27 Aug 2026
The German Ice Hockey Association (DEB) presented former Germany player Andre Rankel as the new coach of the men's national team at a press conference in Munich on Thursday.
New study shows German football remains male-dominated
DW Englishby Jonathan Harding·27 Aug 2026
The nonprofit organization "Fussball kann mehr" (FKM –– Football Can Do More) has released its third report on diversity in professional German football.
Could new US sanctions tear China and Iran apart?
DW Englishby Wesley Rahn; Erning Zhu·27 Aug 2026
China pushed back on what it called "illegal unilateral sanctions" after the US announced new measures earlier this week to cut off all potential sources of revenue to Iran.
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