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Turks in Germany draw ire for celebrating Erdogan win

Support for Erdogan was proportionally higher among the Turkish community in Germany than it was in Turkey. That, alongside celebrations in German cities after Erdogan won the election, have drawn criticism. Go to article

Erdogan claims Turkey win, Ince concedes 5h ago

Erdogan addresses supporters in Istanbul late Sunday, June 24 (picture alliance/AP Photo/Presidential Press Service)

Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has won another term, securing an outright majority according to official results. The elections are the first held under a new system which gives the president expansive powers.

Litauen, NATO Militärübung im Baltikum (picture-alliance/M.Kulbis)

NATO's 'Four Thirties' plan — does it add up?

"Ready or not?" A new US initiative demands that within two years, NATO allies will keep thousands of highly-equipped troops on constant call. Teri Schultz looks at the plan's feasibility.

Merkel proposes bilateral deals over EU migrants 22h ago

German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker at the start of the Brussels meeting

Chancellor Merkel has sought to downplay expectations from this week's EU summit for a European solution. The mini-summit of 16 EU leaders created "a lot of goodwill" to discuss EU disagreements on migration, she said.

Opinion: We can build a fortress Europe! 13h ago

Angela Merkel may not have been handed a lifeline at the EU's mini-summit on migration, but the bloc now agrees that migrants must be kept far away. The price for this? Law and humanity, says DW's Barbara Wesel.

Trump wants deportations with 'no judges' 8h ago

A woman carries a child at the border with Mexico (Getty Images/AFP/G. Arias)

Trump may have reversed his policy of separating children from their families at the border, but his tough stance on immigration endures. Civil rights activists decried his latest Twitter call as unconstitutional.

Curfew ordered after deadly clashes in Nigeria 10h ago

Nigerian police holding guns stand outside a building (Getty Images/AFP/P. Utomi Ekpei)

At least 86 people have been killed in fighting between Muslim herders and Christian farmers. The attack is part of a seemingly unstoppable cycle of violence that many consider to be Nigeria's largest security challenge.

Mexico town's police force arrested 5h ago

Mexiko Tecalitlan Entführung von Italienern aus Neapel (Getty Images/AFP/U. Ruiz)

Mexico officials have detained all the town of Ocampo's police officers in connection with the murder of center-left mayoral candidate Fernando Angeles Juarez. The country is struggling with violence as elections beckon.

Minister: Allow burkinis in school swim classes

Girls in burkinis looking kids in pool (picture-alliance/dpa/R. Haid)

Family Minister Franziska Giffey says full-body swimsuits for Muslim girls in school classes can help them learn to swim. Others argue the garment is sexist and has no place in German schools.

'Boom is over' — German business morale dips 3h ago

German engineers (picture-alliance/dpa/B. Thissen)

Business confidence among German managers dipped again in June, a forward-looking monthly barometer by the ifo think tank has shown. Current trade conflicts are not the only headache for executives.

Tea and baklava on a plate (DW/F. Schmitz)

Exiled Turks in 'enemy country' Greece

They learned at school that Greeks were their enemies. Now many exiled Turks have found refuge in Thessaloniki. Florian Schmitz met some of them.

WM 2018 Fans Russian fan ahead of the FIFA World Cup WM Weltmeisterschaft Fussball 2018 Group A mat (imago/Sportimage)

World Cup 2018: The group stage permutations

Who needs what? The group stage of the 2018 World Cup comes to end this week with a lot still to play for in all the groups. DW outlines the permutations – including what Germany need to do to progress.

Werner's quality more than just the numbers 1h ago

Fußball WM 2018 DFB Pressekonferenz (picture-alliance/dpa/I. Fassbender)

Germany's leading striker has yet to score at the World Cup, but he definitely has arrived.

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Erdogan holds his hands out to supporters from a stage (picture-alliance/AA/K. Ozer)

Erdogan wins, democracy loses

The road ahead will be hard for Turkey's opposition and its supporters, writes DW’s Seda Serdar.

Refugees in an 'enemy country': Exiled Turks in Thessaloniki

Opinion: We can build a fortress Europe!

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A man looks out over a biofuel sign in a bloom stage canola field with wind turbines in the background

Biofuels: Good or bad for the environment?

Industrialized countries have subsidized the use of biofuels in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But campaigners say a focus on bio-based crops for fuel may actually be doing more harm than good.

Rallies in Germany against coal reliance

Protesters carry very large balloons with pro-environment slogans on them during an anti-coal demonstration in Berlin.

Demonstrations took place in at least five cities, including Berlin and Hamburg. The protests come two days before a government commission intended to map a national path away from coal is to convene for the first time.

China frees up more money as trade war beckons 7h ago

Chinese clerk counting yuan banknotes (picture-alliance/dpa/Zhang Chunlei)

China's central bank has said it will further reduce the reserve requirement ratio for the majority of lenders in the country. The move is intended to ensure enough funding for firms amid growing trade tensions.

China industrial robots (picture alliance/dpa/Z. Chun)

US to curb Chinese investment in tech firms

The US is preparing regulations that would severely limit China's ability to invest in US firms making "industrially significant technology." The move marks yet another escalation in the bilateral trade conflict.

Imam and rabbi on tandem bike (Getty Images/AFP/J. MacDougall)

Berlin rabbis, imams cycle against prejudice

Jews and Muslims teamed up on tandem bikes to protest growing anti-Semitic and Islamophobic violence. It comes amid ongoing concerns over migration and the rise of Germany's nationalist AfD party.

Deutschland Berliner Philharmoniker - Letztes Konzert von Sir Simon Rattle (picture-alliance/dpa/J. Büttner)

Conductor Rattle bids Berlin Phil farewell

The end of an era: The British maestro conducted his last concert as the Berlin Philharmonic's music director at a sold-out open-air event. During his 16-year tenure, Simon Rattle revamped the reputed orchestra's image.

The Wash King of Ghana 22.06.2018

Proper disposal of fecal waste in Ghana is a huge environmental and sanitary challenge. Every day, about 100 trucks of untreated waste is dumped into the Atlantic near Accra. A new eco-friendly digester toilet may help.