UAE launches flydubai hijacking and terrorism investigation
DW Englishby Mark Hallam·7d ago
The United Arab Emirates' chief prosecutor's office said on Thursday that it had ordered an investigation into the apparent attempt to hijack and possibly crash a flydubai flight to Israel a day...
Germans' biggest fear is the high cost of living, an annual study finds
DW Englishby Jens Thurau·7d ago
People in Germany are more politically engaged than they have been in a long time. This was also evident in the high voter turnout in the September state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, Berlin and...
Pakistan launches deadly airstrikes on Afghanistan
DW Englishby Karl Sexton·7d ago
Pakistan launched airstrikes overnight on two provinces in neighboring Afghanistan, the two countries said Thursday.
Cristiano Ronaldo walks out of Portugal Nations League camp
DW Englishby Chuck Penfold·7d ago
The 41-year-old forward left the Portugal camp on Wednesday after coach Jorge Jesus had told reporters at the Matchday-1 press conference that Cristiano Ronaldo would not feature in the starting...
Failed execution in Tennessee: Christa Gail Pike alive after 2 lethal injection doses
DW Englishby Midhat Fatimah·7d ago
The governor of Tennessee ordered a halt to the execution of Christa Gail Pike, convicted of murdering a schoolmate more than 30 years ago, after authorities "failed" to carry out her execution on...
Germany news: Merz lauds NATO with Westphalian Peace Prize
DW Englishby Dmytro Hubenko; Timothy Jones·7d ago
What you need to know - NATO awarded annual Westphalian Peace Prize in Münster - The Left Party, the Greens and the Social Democrats (SPD) in Berlin are to test the ground for a possible coalition...
Germany news: Berlin leftists seek to pave way for coalition
DW Englishby Timothy Jones·7d ago
What you need to know - The Left Party, the Greens and the Social Democrats (SPD) in Berlin are to test the ground for a possible coalition - Talks will center on accusations that the Left Party is...
Pete Hegseth says he cut number of generals, admirals in US military by 20%, calling it 'accountability'
DW Englishby Srinivas Mazumdaru·8d ago
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that the United States military has slashed the number of its generals and admirals by 20%.
France: Hundreds of students arrested as protests over school conditions escalate
DW Englishby Srinivas Mazumdaru·8d ago
Security forces in France on Wednesday detained over 600 people as protests at high schools in parts of the country have intensified.
Gaza: NGO reports dire camp conditions, says Israel is moving 'Yellow Line'
DW Englishby Mark Hallam·8d ago
A new report on conditions in the Gaza Strip says that the roughly 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza, or 86% of the population, living in displacement sites often face inhumane living conditions.
Greece, Germany, Austria, Denmark and the Netherlands plan first return hub in Africa for 2027
DW Englishby Thomas Latschan·8d ago
Deportation centers are legally contentious, expensive and the subject of political controversy: For years, Brussels has been grappling with the issue of establishing such centers outside the EU...
France, Spain welcome idea of UK rejoining EU
DW Englishby Wesley Dockery·8d ago
French President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday welcomed the idea of the United Kingdom rejoining the European Union.
Houthi attacks threaten more than oil infrastructure — but its unclear how the Saudis can stop them.
DW Englishby Kersten Knipp·8d ago
Last week, some students in Saudi Arabia were told they should stay at home and attend classes online, due to continued threats from attacks by the Houthi group in neighboring Yemen.
Germany: Jewish representatives speak out on alleged antisemitism within the Left Party in Berlin
DW Englishby Marcel Fürstenau·8d ago
The socialist Left Party won the Berlin election on September 20. This means there's a good chance that the party's top candidate, Elif Eralp, could become Berlin's next mayor — making her the...
African leaders herald $16B Dangote oil refinery in Kenya
DW Englishby Wesley Dockery·8d ago
African leaders on Wednesday broke ground on a new $16 billion (€14 billion) oil refinery off Kenya's coast.
Iran's nuclear program remains shrouded in mystery as the regime debates ditching non-proliferation
DW Englishby Elina Farhadi·8d ago
Iran's nuclear program has entered one of the most critical periods in its history. Questions over Tehran's stockpile of uranium enriched to 60% and the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA)...
'I want to see my son free,' the father of a Pakistani scholar on death row for blasphemy tells DW
DW Englishby Haroon Janjua·8d ago
Junaid Hafeez, a former university lecturer and Fullbright scholar was thrown in prison 13 years ago under Pakistan's strict blasphemy laws for comments he allegedly made on Facebook.
Manchester City "systematically broke Premier League Rules" but not punishment has been handed down yet.
DW Englishby Matt Pearson·8d ago
Manchester City have won the Premier League eight times over the last 14 years. But whether those titles will remain is one of a plethora of issues at stake after England's top division charged one...
Servers at Munich's iconic Oktoberfest call for more respect
DW Englishby Petra Lambeck·8d ago
"The first week went by peacefully," Oktoberfest Director Christian Scharpf said at the festival's half-way point. Munich's Deputy Mayor Verena Dietl praised the "good, harmonious atmosphere."
Bosnia elections overshadowed by exodus and geopolitics as ethnic politics eclipse real problems
DW Englishby Dragan Maksimovic·8d ago
Picture a country that has lost nearly one in six of its citizens — roughly 600,000 people —through emigration in just ten years.
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