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South Korea and US begin joint military exercises

Amid serious tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the US and South Korea have begun their joint military exercises. For Pyongyang, the drills are a prelude to invading North Korea. Fabian Kretschmer reports from Seoul. Go to article

Earthquake hits Italian island of Ischia

People worked to remove debris after the quake hit Ischia

At least one person has died and another is missing after a 4.0 magnitude earthquake hit the island of Ischia off the coast of Naples. Rescue services have been pulling people out of the rubble.

Eclipse draws millions of skywatchers

USA | Sonnenfinsternis (Reuters/M. Blake)

A total solar eclipse has completed its path from coast-to-coast across the United States. Millions of people observed the rare celestial event.

And the winner is: Assad

Syrian President Assad speaking to diplomats

The US is increasingly moving away from its anti-Assad course. The Syrian president appears increasingly confident, announcing that conditions will apply to countries wanting to rejig their relationship with Syria.

Interpol: Who polices the world's police?

The controversial arrest of German author Dogan Akhanli by Spanish authorities on an Interpol warrant issued by Turkey has triggered questions about the international policing agency's modus operandi.

US Navy sailors still missing near Singapore

Singapur USS John S. McCain nach Kollision (Reuters/A. Masood)

Rescue crews are searching for at least missing 10 sailors after the USS John S. McCain was damaged in a large-scale collision off Singapore. The Pentagon announced an intense probe into the US warships around the world.

Police kill Barcelona driver suspect

Flowers and candles on Las Ramblas, the site of the attack in Barcelona

The suspected driver in the Barcelona attack has been shot and killed by police in a vineyard. Meanwhile, crowds continued to lay flowers and candles on Las Ramblas where 13 pedestrians were killed and 120 injured.

Axed Venezuela prosecutor arrives in Colombia

Venezuela | abgesetzte Generalstaatsanwältin Luisa Ortega Diaz (Reuters/U. Marcelino)

Venezuela's former top prosecutor Luisa Ortega arrived in Colombia after fleeing her home country. One of the highest profile critics of the President Maduro's leadership, she has been charged with corruption.

Merkel slams Schröder over Rosneft job

Angela Merkel and Gerhard Schröder Vorstellung Biografie (picture-alliance/dpa/M. Kappeler)

The former German chancellor has come under fire from his successor for taking a top job with Russian oil giant Rosneft. The firm is a target of US and EU sanctions that were imposed after Russia's annexation of Crimea.

AfD seeks to reboot migrant fears

German reception center for refugees in Zirndorf, Bavaria (picture-alliance/dpa/D. Karmann)

The Alternative for Germany wants to scrap the right to asylum and make development aid conditional upon stopping emigration. The party says its suggestions are "humane," but in practice they would be anything but that.

Missing journalist Kim Wall 'buried at sea'

Dänisches U-Boot versunken (picture-alliance/dpa/AP/Ritzau Foto/J. Ehrbahn)

Danish police have discovered a woman's headless torso washed up on Copenhagen's water's edge in their search for missing reporter Kim Wall. Inventor Peter Madsen has admitted Wall died on board his home-made submarine.

Podolski threatens to sue Breitbart

Lukas Podolski on a jet ski in off the coast of Santo Andre, Brazil in 2014

Breitbart London has issued an apology after posting a picture of German footballer Lukas Podolski on an article about human trafficking gangs. The jet-ski photo was actually snapped during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Chile's top court paves way for abortions

A woman holds a poster Enough with criminalizing women. Free and safe abortions!

President Michelle Bachelet and women's rights groups hailed the top court's decision. Abortions will be allowed in cases of rape, risk to a mother's life and signs of fetal birth defect.

US cuts Russian visa services

US embassy in Moscow (Getty Images/AFP/K. Kudryavtsev)

The US embassy said it had no alternative but to cut visa services given the sharp reduction in embassy staff ordered by the Kremlin. Moscow accuses the US of trying to provoke Russians against their own government.

Kremlin hardliner to be US ambassador

Anatoly Antonov will become Russian ambassador to the US at a time when bilateral relations are at a post-Cold War low. He also takes the job at a time when the role of Russian ambassador is under scrutiny in Washington.

Utrecht opens 'world's biggest' bicycle parking lot

A cyclist rides her bike on a path past rows of stacked bikes (Reuters/M. Kooren)

The Dutch city of Utrecht is struggling to provide parking spaces for thousands of bicycle riders visiting the city's train station. The authorities have opened a new garage, projected to become the biggest in the world.

N. Korea 'ramps up illegal drugs production'

Droge Methamphetamin Crystal Meth (imago/blickwinkel)

Sanctions are taking their toll on the North Korean regime, which has allegedly resumed the production of narcotics to earn the hard currency required to advance its nuclear and missile programs. Julian Ryall reports.

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Russland Symbolbild Pass (Vyacheslav Yurin)

US Congress is assisting Russian nationalists

The new restrictions on US visas for Russian citizens are short-sighted and counterproductive, says DW's Miodrag Soric.

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German footballer Lukas Podolski threatens to sue Breitbart over human trafficker photo

Migrants in Rome evicted from office block as UN voices concern

Madsen dumped Kim Wall into bay after she died on his sub

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China raises hopes for global carbon market

Australien plant Reduzierung von CO2 Emissionen (Getty Images/AFP/P. Crock)

Switzerland has signed up for an Emissions Trading System with the EU. A small start but China is to start a similar scheme later in the year.

Macron's first 100 days filled with tests

Frankreich Wahlen Nationalversammlung Emmanuel Macron (Reuters/P. Wojazer)

France elected a political maverick as president and granted him a huge parliamentary majority. A Franco-German studies expert talks to DW about what Macron has done so far, and what his fading poll numbers really mean.

#NewNationalism: 'Turn India Hindu'

Following her trip to the US, DW's Fanny Facsar headed to India to find out what's driving nationalism in one of Asia's most populous countries. She discovered that religion there can run deeper than democratic values.

Abstract art pioneer Götz dies at 103

Karl Otto Götz (picture-alliance/dpa/O. Berg)

The German artist was banned from painting by the Nazis but became an influential painter after World War II. Despite going blind towards the end of life, K.O. Götz remained active until his death, at the age of 103.

Climate change sets the world on fire

Screenshot NASA FIRMS web fire mapper (NASA/FIRMS)

Southern Europe and British Columbia have been devastated by wildfires this summer. And they're not the only ones - it seems like much of the world is ablaze right now, and this could be the new normal.

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FC Bayern Vereinspräsident Uli Hoeneß (picture-alliance/dpa/M. Balk)

Bayern unveil new football academy

Bayern Munich present a new youth facility as the club attempts to revitalize their academy system. Club president Uli Hoeness believes the facility could combat the escalating prices in the transfer market.