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Kremlin tells US to cut diplomatic staff in sanctions row

Russia's Foreign Ministry has told the US to cut the number of its diplomats in Russia, responding to anti-Russian sanctions endorsed by the US Senate. Moscow accused the US of hiding behind "exceptionalism." Go to article

South Sudan's healers on wheels

French rapper faces charges of incitement

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Saving solar energy for a rainy day

Deutschland Kuka (picture alliance/dpa/K.-J. Hildenbrand)

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US sanctions expert: Europe's fears overblown

Symbolbild Zange Sanktionen USA EU Russland (picture alliance/dpa)

Former US diplomat Daniel Fried, who coordinated sanctions in the Obama administration, talked to DW about the US Congress' decision to impose tougher sanctions on Russia and Europe's undue concerns.

North Korea launches another missile

April 8, 2012
A North Korean soldier stands guard in front of an Unha-3 rocket at the Sohae Satellite Launch Station in Tongchang-Ri on April 8, 2012. North Korea has confirmed their intention to launch the rocket next week despite international condemnations. (Getty Images/AFP/P. Ugarte)

Japan has said that North Korea launched a missile that may have landed in its waters. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has convened a special meeting of government officials. The US Pentagon confirmed the report.

Deadly knife attack in Hamburg supermarket

German police stand outside an Edeka grocery store in Hamburg where a man stabbed five people, killing one

Hamburg police are reporting that one person has been killed and four injured in a knife attack in a Hamburg grocery store. Bystanders chased down the assailant and tackled him before police arrived on the scene.

Man stabs, kills woman and child near Freiburg

Police in Teningen investigate double stabbing in Teningen (picture-alliance/dpa/P. Seeger)

Police have announced that a man stabbed to death a woman and a child in the town of Teningen. He was arrested after fleeing in a car.

Why AfD thrives where migration is low

Refugee children in front of refugee home

Support for the anti-immigration AfD has been eroding, but not in eastern Germany. The right-wing populists remain a force in Mecklenburg-West Pommerania, which has fewer refugees than any other state. How can that be?

Pakistani court topples PM Nawaz Sharif

Pakistan Premierminister Nawaz Sharif (Reuters/C. Firouz)

Pakistan's Supreme Court has disqualified the country's premier Nawaz Sharif in a corruption case related to Panama Papers. Pro-democracy activists say the verdict was politically motivated and a setback for democracy.

Men under 50 barred from Jerusalem holy site again

Israel Jerusalem Gewalt am Tempelberg (Reuters/M. Awad)

Israel has again banned men under 50 from entering the contentious holy site in Jerusalem for Friday prayers. The move comes after more than 100 people were injured in clashes.

Italy's cabinet seeks bolstered Libya mission

Libyen Küstenwache rettet Flüchtlinge auf dem Mittelmeer (Getty Images/AFP/T. Jawashi)

Italy's cabinet has moved closer to sending naval units to intercept migrant boats inside Libya waters, but Libya's PM voiced reservations. The EU has approved funding via Italy to boost Libya's border and coastguards.

Diesel car ban likely in Stuttgart

Symbolbild Dieselskandal Automobilindustrie (picture-alliance/dpa/U. Baumgarten)

A regional court in Stuttgart has ruled that municipal authorities in the city have not lived up to their pledges to improve the air quality in one of Germany's most polluted city centers. It urged "speedy action."

Opinion: Farewell to diesels in Germany?

Straßburg Europäisches Parlament Abstimmung Diesel Abgase (Reuters/V. Kessler)

After a German court ruling on air pollution in Stuttgart, routine fixes for polluting diesel cars won't help carmakers avoid driving bans. The decision has massive consequences for the industry, says DW's Henrik Böhme.

Hacker 'sorry' for botnet attack on Telekom

Daniel K., known as Spiderman or Peter Parker, hides his face in court (picture-alliance/dpa/M. Becker)

A British hacker has told a German court he took $10,000 from a Liberian ISP to hack almost a million German routers. He said he was sorry and that it was a mistake.

Scaramucci delivers expletive-ridden tirade

White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci has launched an expletive-ridden tirade against White House rivals. After railing against Reince Priebus and Steve Bannon, he said he would fire all his own staff.

Spanish PM to challenge Catalonia referendum

Rajoy has lodged legal action against a reform by Catalonian lawmakers that would allow them to fast-track independence in one day. The prime minister also called a planned independence referendum "radical and divisive."

Mali crash: German military pilots' group cites deficiencies

A German Tiger helicopter hovers in front of tent-like hangers at Gao

The helicopter crash in Mali has been attributed to insufficient testing and flight training by a military pilots' lobby group. But the Bundeswehr says it doesn't deploy inexperienced crews to the UN mission.

Dozens killed in Boko Haram attack in Nigeria

Niger soldiers in Bosso (Getty Images/AFP/I. Sanogo)

A Boko Haram ambush on an oil survey team and an ensuing battle with Nigerian security forces has left more than 50 people dead. Details are still emerging about exactly what happened.

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Pakistan Vereidigung von Permier Nawaz Sharif (AFP/Getty Images)

A 'judicial coup' in Pakistan

Analyst Raza Rumi says Sharif paid the price for his own mistakes as well as challenging army generals in the past.

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Scaramucci tirade reveals White House infighting

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Italy mulls sending navy into Libyan waters to stop migrants

Opinion: The myth of a clean electric car

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Indian Muslims who support Hindu nationalism

While Hindu-Muslim tension is rising in India, some Muslims have joined the RSS, a hardline Hindu nationalist organization. They say they want to promote national stability in India and adapt to Hindu traditions.

ECJ axes Poland's contentious logging plans

Polen Bialowieza-Wald - Protest (Greenpeace/Grzegorz Broniatowski)

The European Court of Justice has ordered Poland to immediately stop logging in the ancient Bialowieza forest. But will its controversial government accept the ruling?

Tesla launches latest, but is it sustainable?

Tesla Motors Modell 3 electric cars (Reuters/Tesla)

"A computer on wheels" - the hype surrounding the launch of electric automaker Tesla's long-awaited sedan is more like that for a new iPhone. The CEO believes the Model 3 will be the first mass-market electric vehicle.

When the financial crisis hit Germany

On July 30, 2007, the first shockwaves of the nascent global financial crisis reached Germany. Germany's IKB bank for small and medium-sized companies got into deep trouble, an institution only known to insiders.

Ägypten Al Azhar Park in Kairo (Aga Khan Trust for Culture/Gary Otte)

Cairo's Al-Azhar Park

It's a wonder of human ambition and engineering set in the middle of Cairo. Al-Azhar Park was built on a 500-year-old rubble heap and is now a green jewel for the Egyptian capital.