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Progressive Democrats are hoping to build momentum after left-wing candidate Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeated an establishment-backed rival in Michigan’s US Senate primary. The race was seen as a test of the party’s future direction, with El-Sayed campaigning on universal healthcare, campaign finance reform and an end…
Bangkok rolled out the red carpet for the Myanmar leader, but experts say the former junta chief still faces major obstacles in his bid for regional acceptance.
"Our main goal is to empower robots' brains." China has launched its first robot school.
In the latest Sunday poll, the AfD continues to pull ahead. And more and more people are against excluding the right-wing populists from decision-making, at least on a case-by-case basis.
Sheikh Hasina ally Shakib Al Hasan will face Bangladesh trial if safety assured, with Cricket World Cup return eyed.
The TPLF, Fano militias and Eritrea are redrawing the battle lines in Ethiopia’s north.
Pakistan says an attack on any of the three will amount to an attack against all, amid conflict in the Middle East.
Reports suggest that Tehran is discussing a bill barring US and Israeli vessels from passing the Strait of Hormuz.
Houthis' expansion of cross-border attacks means an even bloodier war may be imminent, analysts say.
The agreement states that an attack on any one of the three countries is an attack against them all, Pakistan says.
University of Chicago Professor Robert Pape explains why US President Trump is caught in an ‘escalation trap’ with Iran.
DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin says ‘We’re going after them right now’ despite threat of violence in home country Hundreds of thousands of Haitians are faced with the prospect of imminent risk of arrest and deportation – to a home country racked with crime, violence and political unrest – after the Trump…
A deadly shooting spree at a school outside Bangkok has ended after police said the suspected gunman, a 14-year-old student, killed himself. Authorities say the teenager began the rampage at home, where he shot his grandparents, before heading to the school. Police say the gun belonged to his grandfather and that the…
Tensions between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia have increased since the US-Israel war on Iran began.
Water levels on the Danube River, the second longest in Europe, have dropped so low due to drought and extreme heat over the summer that the hulls of dozens of German warships from World War II are emerging into view and the remains of an ancient mammoth were uncovered in Romania. In Germany, fishing boats have been…
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed a joint defense deal. According to the agreement, an armed attack on any one of the three countries will be regarded as an attack against all of them. Follow DW for the latest.
Alison Sargent is pleased to welcome Jean-Mathieu Thévenot, farmer in the French Basque Country, a member of the Confédération Paysanne farmers' union in France, and part of the international movement La Via Campesina. According to Thévenot, 2026 marks a turning point where climate disruption has become an immediate…
Colombian President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella takes office August 8, vowing to launch a war on drug gangs and cosy up to the United States. The former lawyer won June's run-off election by less than a percentage point. He's a right-wing populist in the mould of El Salvador's Nayib Bukele and Argentina's Javier…
Record-breaking temperatures in Slovakia and Austria as Italy places all of its 27 major cities on highest heat alert.
Ivan Toney charged for an assault that allegedly took place on December 6 last year in United Kingdom.
An Australian flight crew faced subfreezing temperatures, changing weather conditions and almost constant darkness as they worked to rescue a U.S. national.
Footage shows doctors in Japan clinging to an operating table to protect a patient from the violent tremor. The surgery was completed successfully.
The UK and France are not seeking confrontation with Iran in the US-Israeli war Europe largely rejected, say analysts.
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