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Strong earthquake hits Greece, Turkey

At least two people were killed when a 6.7 magnitude quake struck the Greek island of Kos and Turkey's Aegean coast, sending tourists out to the streets. USGS put the epicenter near the Turkish resort of Bodrum. Go to article

Grenze zwischen Litauen und Russland (DW/W. Jantschis)

Lithuania's fence on Kaliningrad border

Minimalism and the consumer society

USA: The hunt for illegal aliens

DW euromaxx 19.07.2017 - Visages et Villages (Arte)

Giving the provinces a face

Thousands protest in Poland after controversial Supreme Court bill passed

Crowds of protesters in Warsaw (picture alliance/dpa/AP/C. Sokolowski)

Tens of thousands of Poles have protested after lawmakers in the lower house passed a law handing control of the country's Supreme Court to politicians. The bill still has to pass the upper house.

Ukrainian troops killed as violence spikes

Ukraine Urzuf bei Mariupol Militärübung (picture-alliance/dpa/I. Gorbasyova)

Ukraine's military says nine soldiers have died in clashes with Russia-backed rebels in the east of the country. The violence follows a separatist announcement of a plan to form a new state called Little Russia.

Germany overhauls Turkey policy

Germany is sharpening its policy toward Turkey in response to jailings of journalists and human rights activists. The new tone together with an increased travel warning has been met with outrage in Ankara.

Police chief: number of Islamists growing

Germany is now hosting almost 700 Islamists thought to pose a terror threat, the federal police chief says. He told a newspaper that left- and right-wing radicals were considered less dangerous.

Israel tightens security at Jerusalem holy site

Israel verschärfte Sicherheitsvorkehrungen am Tempelberg in Jerusalem (picture-alliance/dpa/M. Illean)

Tens of thousands of Palestinians are expected to protest in Jerusalem over restrictions at Haram al-Sharif, also known as Temple Mount. Ahead of the protests Israel barred men under the age of 50 from the Old City.

Two left dead as Venezuela strike erupts into violence

Firefighters trying to put out a fire in Caracas

At least two people have died after sporadic violence broke out during a 24-hour strike in Venezuela called by opponents of President Nicolas Maduro. Months of protests in the country have so far led to 97 deaths.

North Korea facing major drought

The UN says prolonged dry weather - the worst in 15 years - is leading to severe food shortages in North Korea. The isolated communist state, which partly relies on food aid, will likely need increased imports this year.

Police chief: Damond 'didn't have to die'

USA Justine Damond in New York (Reuters/Stephen Govel Photography)

The police chief of the US city of Minneapolis has criticized the fatal shooting of an Australian woman by one of her junior officers. Justine Damond died shortly after making an emergency call about a sexual assault.

IMF approves loan to Greece

USA Sitz des Internationalen Währungsfonds (IWF) in Washington DC (picture-alliance/Photoshot/Xinhua/B. Dandan)

The International Monetary Fund has announced another financial boost for Greece in support of making the crisis-hit country's debt more sustainable, but continues to insist on a debt cut from the EU.

Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington dies

Linkin Park - Sänger Chester Bennington gestorben (picture alliance/Photoshot)

The Linkin Park frontman's body was found on Thursday morning at his Los Angeles residence after he had reportedly hanged himself.

OJ Simpson to be freed from prison

USA O.J. Simpsons Anhörung (Getty Images/J. Bean-Pool)

Ex-Football star Simpson served nearly nine years behind bars for his part in a 2007 armed robbery and kidnapping in Las Vegas. In 1994, he was acquitted of the murder of his ex-wife Nicole and her friend Ron Goldman.

VW hit with new fine in California

VW Volkswagen Abgas Skandal (picture-alliance/dpa/J. Stratenschulte)

The US state of California has told the German carmaker it must pay an additional $154 million in environmental fines. VW is nursing heavy losses after using software to help its vehicles cheat emissions tests.

Burundi robotics team goes missing

Screenshot Twitter DC Police Department (Twitter/DC Police Department)

Six Burundi teenagers have vanished after taking part in a robotics tournament in Washington DC. Police said they suspected no "foul play," feeding speculation that the group wanted to avoid returning home.

Iran's justice double standards

Iran Sadegh Laridschani und Hassan Rohani (baluch)

President Hassan Rouhani's brother was released from custody one day after he was arrested on corruption charges. And yet, Iranian journalists and activists spend months in solitary confinement without charges.

Salvador Dali exhumation in paternity lawsuit begins

Salvador Dalí grave (picture alliance/dpa/R. Holschneider)

Spanish painter Salvador Dali's body is being exhumed for the purpose of conducting a paternity test. A 61-year-old woman claims the surrealist painter fathered her during an affair with her mother.

Darknet markets shut down in twin busts

International police have orchestrated an incredible double takedown of darknet drug markets, ensnaring countless users. Users fleeing from one illegal online marketplace were lured into a honeypot trap.

German police swoop over child sex abuse images

Asli Erdogan: 'It's my country, too'

Celebrated Turkish novelist Asli Erdogan was imprisoned for four months in Turkey last year- and she refuses to be cowed by the pressure. Writing, she told DW, is a responsibility.

New rift found in Antarctica ice shelf

Aerial view of the rift in the Larsen C ice shelf (Reuters/NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center)

Where a trillion-ton iceberg calved last week, researchers have detected a new rift. The concern is that the Larsen C ice shelf will destabilize and collapse, releasing glacial ice into the sea.

Mountain master Barguil claims Tour stage 18

French Warren Barguil of Team Sunweb celebrates after winning the eighteenth stage of the 104th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 179,5km from Briancon to Col d'Izoard, France, Thursday 20 July 2017. This year's Tour de France takes place from July first to July 23rd.

Warren Barguil triumphed on the grueling final climb of stage 18, with yellow jersey-holder Chris Froome also finishing at the front. Barguil also secured the 2017 polka-dot jersey, provided he completes the Tour.

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Symbolbild Deutschland & Türkei Tourismus (Imago/Müller-Stauffenberg)

Finally getting tough

The German government's steps against Turkey are long overdue, writes DW's Christoph Strack.

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Hamburg police seize 3.8 tons of cocaine in record bust

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North Korea defector returns home calling South 'capitalist hell'

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How blunt can Turkey's caricaturists be?

Caricature depicting Erdogan and Angela Merkel, cover of LeMan (LeMan/Caricatura)

Would Erdogan rather be compared to Hitler or an animal? An exhibition of Turkish caricatures in Germany shows where the boundaries of free speech are in Turkey a year after the failed coup attempt.

Kenia Dolutegravir Pillen für die HIV-Behandlung (Reuters/B. Ratner)

What's changed since the last HIV meeting?

As the world's top HIV experts head to Paris for an International AIDS Society meeting, word is we're still playing catch-up with the virus. And if resistance to antiretroviral drugs grows, things will only get worse.

Israel Sicherheitsvorkehrungen Al-Aqsa Moschee nach Anschlag (picture-alliance/abaca/M. Alkharouf)

Jordanian MP: You see violence, we see defense

Jordan's Islamic Action Front claims to be a moderate party, but is it creating a welcome atmosphere for violence and discrimination in the country? MP and spokeswoman Dima Tahboub is on Conflict Zone this week.

Meet the African-run German refugee help organization

Who is more qualified to help migrants and refugees than other migrants and refugees? That's the premise of AfricanTide, an organization that runs daycares, German classes and a shelter for refugees in Dortmund, Germany.

Uganda police arrests dozens of protestors

Uganda Wahlen Proteste der Opposition (Reuters/G. Tomasevic)

Police in Uganda have arrested at least 53 people including an opposition leader, for demonstrating against a plan to amend the constitution and scrap the presidential age limit.

UN Congo mission downplays base closures

A woman walks by the gates of MONUSCO headquarters in DRC. (picture-alliance/dpa/M. Kappeler)

MONUSCO is to close five of its bases in the restive North Kivu Province by the end of July. The UN mission insists it will still be effective in fulfilling its mandate in the DRC.

Prince William and Kate in Heidelberg (Reuters/K. Pfaffenbach)

William and Kate in Germany: Day two

Britian's royal couple have landed in Germany as part of their tour of Europe. William and Kate have had a full schedule, including visits to the Holocaust memorial, lunch with the chancellor and a trip to Heidelberg.

Alexeyeva at 90: Russia's voice for human rights

Frankreich Vaclav-Havel-Preis für Menschenrechtlerin Ljudmila Aleksejewa (picture-alliance/dpa/P. Seeger)

For much of her life, Lyudmila Alexeyeva has been a voice for human rights in Russia. As the activist turns 90, she tells DW about her country's long road to democracy and a new generation of activists.

NASA Simulation einer Marsstation auf Hawaii (picture-alliance/dpa/C. Johnston/TU Ilmenau)

Will space colonies fail without diversity?

Space travel sounds super, doesn't it? But do yourself a favor and know what you're getting into. That's advice from astronomer, Neil F. Comins. He's written a timely guide for would-be Mars and moon colonists.