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Spain to move towards suspending Catalan powers

After the latest Spanish deadline for the Catalans expired, the office of Spain's prime minister is scheduling an "extraordinary meeting" to consider invoking Article 155. Madrid said this would "restore legality." Go to article

Article 155: The constitution's 'nuclear option'

Students in Barcelona with a giant 'Estelada' flag

Article 155 of the Spanish constitution would allow the government in Madrid to intervene in the running of Catalonia. It's an extreme measure for exceptional situations that has never been invoked before.

Combined model of UK politicians saying 'Brexit is a monstrosity' (Getty Images/AFP/O. Scarff)

May: Citizens' rights top priority for EU talks

May has sought to reassure EU citizens on their post-Brexit future. Her letter came as the EU and the UK are desperately seeking a breakthrough in talks — though some in May's team are calling for the UK to crash out.

Kurds blame wider world as Iraq sweeps up land

Irak Erbil Reportage Protest (DW/J. Neurink)

Iraqi Kurds grieve the loss of lands they have had to return to Iraq's control and their shattered dream of independence. As they see it, it isn't their politicians who are to blame, but the international community.

Calls for Malta PM to resign after blogger's killing

Malta blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia (Getty Images/AFP/M. Mirabelli)

The sons of murdered Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia have called for Prime Minister Joseph Muscat's resignation. They also rejected Muscat's offer of a reward to help find their mother's killers.

Panama Papers: Sharif faces graft charges

A court in Pakistan has indicted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and three of his children on corruption charges. The case stems from the 2016 leak of the Panama Papers.

Taliban kills 40-plus government troops in Afghanistan raid

The Taliban has killed 43 government troops at a military base in southern Afghanistan, the Defense Ministry reports. Nine soldiers were wounded and six remain missing, according to a statement from the ministry.

Afghanistan, Pakistan: deserved spot on human rights body?

Afghanistan, Congo and Pakistan have been elected to the prestigious UN Human Rights Council. But experts say these countries have a dismal rights record and their election to the body is condemnable.

Rohingya: US holds Myanmar army responsible

Bangladesch Grenzen Mayanmar Rohingya Flüchtlinge (picture-alliance/abaca/O. Elif Kizil)

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said the US holds Myanmar's military leadership responsible for the crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority. Myanmar has denied allegations of ethnic cleansing and genocide.

#IDidThat stokes debate as #MeToo spreads

Sexuelle Belästigung am Arbeitsplatz (picture-alliance/Frank May)

Swedish Foreign Minister Wallström joined the #MeToo movement highlighting sexual violence against women saying she was assaulted at an EU meeting. Will the campaign — or responses like #IDidThat — change how men behave?

Czechs set to elect billionaire Andrej Babis

Andrej Babis, a Czech billionaire compared to Donald Trump for his attacks on established political parties and the EU, looks likely to become the country's next leader after elections. Tim Gosling reports from Prague.

Massive drop in German insect, bird populations

Trauerschnäpper (picture alliance/Wildlife)

Two separate studies highlight a dramatic trend in Germany: the number of flying insects has declined by 76 percent over the past 27 years. There are 15 percent fewer birds than just twelve years ago.

ECJ upholds sanctions on Ukraine ex-president

Ukraine Viktor Janukowitsch Porträt ARCHIV (picture-alliance/dpa)

Pro-Russian Viktor Yanukovych and his son have been accused of stealing vast sums from the public purse. A top European Union court has now upheld a freeze on his assets.

NZ kingmaker backs Labour, coalition set

Neuseeland PK Winston Peters (Getty Images/AFP/M. Melville)

The leader of the New Zealand First Party has said he will enter a government partnership with Labour. The announcement ends a month of coalition wrangling, but raises questions about the new government's policies.

AfD MP convicted of football hooliganism

AfD-Politiker Sebastian Münzenmaier vor Gericht (picture-alliance/dpa/B. Roessler)

Sebastian Münzenmaier has received a suspended sentence for being an accessory to violence carried out by fans of second-division club Kaiserslautern. But he'll still be able to take up his seat in a parliament.

'Xi Thought' coming at Chinese congress?

Chinese officials are praising the ideology that Xi Jinping has unveiled at the Communist Party's annual congress. The president could cement his power if his new adages are incorporated into the party's constitution.

China growth slows marginally

Expansion of the world's second-largest economy has cooled slightly, fresh figures from the national statistics office have shown. But there's no sign of instability as the Communist Party Congress is in full swing.

Sweden picked for Europe's biggest car battery plant

Smart III-Batterie für Elektroautos (picture-alliance/dpa/A. Burgi)

Northvolt has said it will build Europe's biggest electric car battery factory in its home country, Sweden. The start-up wants the site to rival Tesla's 'Gigafactory' in the US and LG Chem's proposed site in Poland.

Dog sledding scandalized by drug doping

Dogs compete in the Iditarod race in Alaska in 2015, in which no dogs tested positive for drugs (picture alliance/AP/Alaska Dispatch News/L. Holmes)

A group of dogs has tested positive for the painkiller Tramadol after the gruelling Iditarod race in Alaska. The unnamed drug cheat has been given the all-clear to race again next year.

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Kenia Nairobi Demonstration Odinga Anhänger (Getty Images/AFP/T. Karumba)

Kenya needs statesmanship not brinkmanship

The time has come for Kenyan political leaders to start addressing the country's real problems, writes Jane Nyingi.

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Natural History Museum of Mainz photo of one of the 9.7 million year old teeth (picture-alliance/dpa/Naturhistorischen Museum Mainz)

Ancient pre-human teeth baffle German researchers

A 9.7-million-year-old discovery has left a team of German scientists scratching their heads. The teeth seem to belong to a species only known to have appeared in Africa several million years later.

Steinmeier calls on RAF terrorists to speak

Black and white photo of Hanns-Martin Schleyer holding a sign reading 'For 31 Days' (AFP/Getty Images)

German President Steinmeier has presided over events marking the national crisis sparked by the RAF in 1977, saying many questions remain unanswered. But the terrorists are not the only ones still keeping secrets.

Malta's struggle against corruption and crooks

Yachts in Malta's Grand Harbour (picture-alliance/dpa/J.Effner)

The murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has refocused attention on corruption and money-laundering scandals in Malta. The island that critics - including her own son - described as a "mafia state."

DW special: Why does Africa go hungry?

The number of people in Africa suffering from hunger had been receding for some years. But it is now on the rise again. 26 million Africans face starvation. A special series by DW Africa explains why.

Kenya: Drought is good for business

Afrika Kenia Dürre (picture alliance/dpa/epa/S. Morrison)

Africa's drought crisis has hit Kenya and numerous schools have had to stop providing free food to their pupils. This is not only due to crop failures but also greedy profiteers.

Firefighters from the Military Emergency Unit (UME) work to put out a forest fire near As Nieves, northern Spain (Reuters/Spanish Defence Ministry/UME/L. Ortiz)

Forest fires: climate change only one factor

Wildfires have devastated forests and communities around the world this year. Climate change is certainly to blame — but it's not the only reason. Unfortunately, irresponsible human activity also plays a major role.

More jobs, less pay — UK's low-wage economy

UK unemployment has sunk to a 42-year low, but rising prices mean lower real incomes. The labor market is good at creating jobs, but not so much at raising pay. And just when you thought Brexit couldn't get any better.

Dogan Akhanli returning home after arrest

Dogan Akhanli (Getty Images/AFP/P.-P. Marcou)

Two months after his arrest in Spain on a Turkish warrant, the German-Turkish writer and Recep Tayyip Erdogan critic Dogan Akhanli is returning home to Cologne this week. He spoke to DW about his experience.

Jean-Yves Ferri, Didier Conrad with Asterix book Asterix et la Transitalique (Reuters/P. Wojazer)

'Asterix and the chariot race' launches

The indomitable Gauls Asterix und Obelix are off again on a new adventure. Volume 37 takes the two best friends into the lion's den - to ancient Italy, where their arch enemy Julius Caesar rules in Rome.