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Trump's transgender ban leaves soldiers in limbo

President Trump’s ban on transgender people from serving in the military, announced via a series of tweets, features sketchy math and may not have been coordinated with the Pentagon. But it could affect thousands. Go to article

Judges under pressure in Poland

Boniface Mwangi Kenia Team Courage Movement mit Mohammed Khelef (DW/M.Khelef)

Kenya candidate Boniface Mwangi

Symbolbild Seminar Flirt (contrastwerkstatt/Fotolia)

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France's halal chateau

Sponsors help reunite refugee families

Ohio executes first inmate in 3 years

Ohio has executed its first inmate since a botched lethal injection more than three years ago. The execution paves the way for as many as 26 more in the state by 2020.

Bundeswehr chopper crashes in Mali

Mali Bundeswehr Tiger Kampfhelikopter (Imago/M. Heine)

Two German army pilots have died after their helicopter crashed near Gao, eastern Mali. At the time of the crash, the helicopter was monitoring "confrontations."

Sweden plunged into crisis over IT leak

Swedish Interior Minister Anders Ygeman(picture alliance/dpa/L. Dubrule)

An alliance of Swedish opposition parties now look set to win a vote of no confidence against three cabinet ministers. In 2015, the Department of Transport outsourced IT services, exposing troves of private information.

EU warns Poland its voting rights at risk

EU Polen Flaggen (picture-alliance/B. Schleep)

The European Commission has told Poland that its voting rights in EU-decision making could be revoked in response to far-reaching judicial reforms. Brussels also launched proceedings over a technicality in legislation.

Former IRA terrorist admits German attack

The Irishman has confessed to taking part in a mortar attack aimed at British soldiers housed in a barracks in the city of Osnabrück. However, the defendant said the IRA splinter group was not trying to kill anyone.

Village elders held after revenge rape

A relative of a 16 year-old Indian girl who was allegedly raped before she was murdered (Getty Images/AFP/M. Sharma)

A council of elders in rural Pakistan ordered a man to rape his teenage cousin to avenge the rape of his sister. Police stepped in after the man actually did it.

Refugee quotas 'proportionate,' ECJ is told

A legal opinion presented to the EU's top court says mandatory quotas for the relocation of refugees across the bloc should stand. Hungary and Slovakia have challenged the EU measure, claiming it's illegal.

Lufthansa flight lands with extra passenger

Deutschland Lufthansa Symbolbild Streik (Reuters/K. Pfaffenbach)

A mother has given birth on a transatlantic Lufthansa flight. Three doctors helped with the delivery.

How does Germany pick judges? On merit?

Independent, virtually sacrosanct and nearly untouchable: Judges preside over Germany's third branch of government. How are they chosen?

Five-and-a-half years for German Salafist Lau

Deutschland Prozess gegen Salafistenprediger Sven Lau in Düsseldorf (picture-alliance/dpa/F. Gambarini)

A German court has sentenced Salafist Sven Lau, who is accused of recruiting jihadis to fight in Syria, to five-and-a-half years in prison. Lau, who converted to Islam in his teens, is also sending money to Islamists.

Prosecutors: Zschäpe 'co-founder' of NSU

Deutschland NSU-Prozess in München | Beate Zschäpe (Getty Images/A. Gebert)

In their closing arguments, federal prosecutors drove home a description of Zschäpe as directly involved in the NSU's murders and bombings. They rejected Zschäpe's defense that she was dependent on her co-conspirators.

Russia readies for spiraling sanctions in US escalation

USA and Russia flags with barbed wire (picture-alliance/chromorange)

Russia has been disillusioned by the new round of tough sanctions passed by the US Congress. A fresh start in relations between the two superpowers seems unlikely, and there are growing calls for retaliation.

From Russia to Syria and Iran: Do EU sanctions really work?

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

With the European Commission deciding to take legal action against Poland for its efforts to take control of courts, DW takes a look at the decision-making process behind sanctions - and whether they're effective.

US Fed to trim bond holdings 'relatively soon'

USA Symbolbild Zinswende (picture-alliance/dpa/A. Burgi)

The US central bank has signaled it's ready to start selling more than a trillion dollars worth of assets it accumulated in the wake of the financial crisis, suggesting the US economy can do without further stimulus.

Daimler CEO: 'Diesel is worth fighting for'

Mercedes facility (picture-alliance/dpa/S. Kahnert)

Dieter Zetsche, CEO of German luxury carmaker Daimler vows to fight for diesel-powered vehicles, but declines to comment on the latest scandal rocking the nation's auto industry.

UK to ban petrol, diesel cars from 2040

Britain plans to ban the sale of new diesel and petrol cars and vans from 2040, as the government intends to act on air pollution. Environmental groups said the proposals did not go far enough.

India's Zoroastrians fighting for survival

Parsen Zoroastrismus Religion in Bombay (picture-alliance/dpa/D. Solanki)

An Indian government initiative to preserve the minority Parsi community in Mumbai is showing signs of success. To reverse a shrinking birth rate, the project pays couples to have children. Murali Krishnan reports.

Injury forces Djokovic to sit out rest of 2017

Wimbledon Novak Djokovic verletzt (Reuters/M. Childs)

Twelve-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic has announced that he will miss the rest of the tennis season due to a nagging elbow injury. He said he aimed to return to action just before next year's Australian Open.

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The gate outside Poland's Constitutional Court

Opinion: Opaque Poland

Poland was clamoring to get into the EU but now Bernd Riegert wonders what it is doing there at all.

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Sperm count in the western world is half what it was in the 1970s, says new research

Chinese fighter jets intercept US Navy plane

Unearthing the mysteries of the 'battle that created Germany'

Happy ending for German-born girl deported to Nepal

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Vehicles make way for ambulance on the autobahn (picture-alliance/rtn/P. Wuest)

'Clear a path' on Autobahn, police implore

People filming and photographing accident scenes for social media are increasingly obstructing highway rescuers. And more and more drivers are neglecting the rules for getting out of the way of emergency vehicles.

Scandal-hit Japan PM Abe 'a dead man walking'

Japan Parlament Abstimmung Sicherheitsgesetz (Reuters/T. Hanai)

Japanese PM Abe's approval rating has dropped to record new low amid a growing scandal surrounding suggestions that he intervened with officials at the ministry of education on behalf of a friend. Julian Ryall reports.

Domitien Ndayizeye (Getty Images/Afp/Simon Maina)

Burundi's ex-president: 'I'm not ready for exile'

Former Burundian President Domitien Ndayizeye has said that he was threatened by the coordinator of the ruling party youth wing, the Imbonerakure, but has vowed not to flee the country.

IOM bolsters voluntary refugee return program

Griechenland Flüchtlingslager Hellinikon (Getty Images/AFP/E. Elis)

Many refugees experience disappointment when they arrive in the EU - or even before they reach European shores. A UN program helps to reintegrate them in their countries of origins - if they choose to return voluntarily.

Plastik Müll im Meer (Getty Images/M.Clarke)

River of plastic trash is flooding our oceans

Plastic is useful - for packaging, tires, clothing, and much else. But 2 percent of plastics produced end up in the ocean. It enters the food chain - even reaching us. A new analysis highlights the scale of the problem.

Spiegel culls far-right book from bestsellers

The weekly list of bestsellers published by the news magazine Der Spiegel is based on sales, but the paper's editors exceptionally decided to omit a controversial work criticized for its revisionist content.

Cairo imams issue Islamic fatwas on subway

Ägypten - religiöse Beratung in der U-Bahn von Kairo (DW/M. Nashed)

Al-Azhar has opened booths in Cairo metro stations to offer guidance and counter extremism. Egyptians have welcomed the presence of the renowned Sunni Islam institution, though some are uncomfortable, reports Mat Nashed.

How Germany prepares for Xmas - in summer

Santa Claus on bike in Himmelpfort (Getty Images/A. Rentz)

It seems Germany practically invented Christmas - or at least many of the symbols associated with it. While we don't like to start thinking about it in the summer, the cookie bakers and tree growers have to.