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Lebanon is a smaller Middle Eastern country that borders on the Mediterranean sea, Syria and Israel. Its capital and largest city is Beirut.

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FBI disrupts major Chinese hacking group, director says

Global police sting topples 'Ghost' criminal messaging app

Bolivia: Clashes erupt at Evo Morales' protest march

Netherlands seeks EU migration opt-out

Ukraine updates: Ammo depot in Russia's Tver region explodes

Extreme weather: Flooding and wildfires across Europe

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Africa

Guinea Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo

Will Guinea-Bissau's president rethink second term bid?

Bissau-Guinean President Embalo announced that he does not intend to run for a second term. Is it just a tactical move?

Asia

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Bangladesh's garment workers return to jobs after unrest

Can the interim government tackle longstanding problems affecting the sector?

Germany

US Intel's factory delay adds to Germany's economic woes

As Intel postpones building a factory in Germany, questions arise if Berlin is still committed to the project.

Europe

A young man climbs a high chain-link fence while 3 policemen in riot gear approach on the other side on a platform lifted by a crane.

Migration arrivals surge in Spain's African Ceuta exclave

DW's Jan-Philipp Scholz spoke with locals and migrants at Ceuta's border with Morocco, where tensions are rising.

Middle East

Jordanian women cast their ballots at a polling station during parliamentary elections in Amman, Jordan.

How dangerous is the Islamist victory in Jordan's elections?

The Islamic Action Front won big in last week's election, partly because their support for Hamas made them popular.

North America

Use, and misuse, of music in US presidential campaigns

As Billie Eilish endorses Kamala Harris, here's a look at the history of music in political campaigns.

Latin America

Yanina Chávez is carrying out a routine security check on a train in Buenos Aires.

Argentina's Milei weakens rights for women, LGBTQ+

Major cutbacks introduced by President Javier Milei have meant the closure of ministries protecting marginalized people.

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Will the West betray Ukraine? Opposition leader Kira Rudik says much will on ride on the US election outcome.

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Concern grows over illegal organ trading across Africa

Illegal organ trafficking is worth over $1 billion annually, and generally targets vulnerable people.

People displaced from the Akakhel and Tirah valley of Khyber where the Pakistan Army launched a military operation against Taliban militants, arrive in Bara Khber agency, Pakistan, in October 2014

Pakistan: Why these displaced people can't return home

Thousands of people were forced out of their villages when Pakistan launched a crackdown on jihadis a decade ago.

Pregnancy completely rewires mothers' brains — study

The study is the first to map widescale changes to the brain's structure and function during pregnancy.

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Can Namibia's strategy to cull animals save them?

Does Namibia's plan to kill animals to save them, and help the human population from ongoing drought, stack up?

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EU chief names new top team, with first defense commissioner

Ursula von der Leyen has revealed her nominees for new commissioners to lead the bloc for the next five years.

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How the arts are a thorn in the side of Germany's AfD

As the far-right populist party gains popularity in Germany, are theaters, museums and youth clubs under threat?

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Tourism

The global tourism industry is booming. But as more people travel for work and leisure, overtourism is becoming an issue for both locals and tourists.

Great white shark carcharodon carcharias , head of an adult at the surface, open mouth, False Bay in South Africa

German tourist dies after shark attack off Canary Islands

The 30-year-old was attacked some 500 kilometers off the coast of Gran Canaria.

A row of people roped together walk up the side of a glacier in Noway.

Tourism boom impacts Norway's glaciers

Tourists are drawn to cool Norway and Sweden as an alternative to the Mediterranean heat.

Amsterdam tests new ideas to combat overtourism

The Dutch capital is groaning under the strain of hosting around 22 million annual overnight visitors.

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Mapped Out — navigating a changing world

Mapped Out explores all things geopolitical and charts possible solutions to steer through a complex world.

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A Bavarian dumpling in mushroom sauce, garnished with parsley.

What's the secret of Bavaria's Deggendorf dumplings?

Deggendorf, in Bavaria, is famous for its dumplings. How do these fluffy lumps of bread define the town's identity?

A portrait shot of Anna Delmania on the Greek island of Santorini, her home.

Santorini: Growing up on a Greek island paradise

Anna Delamani, 18, explains what life is like growing up on a Greek island paradise surrounded by tourists.

Moo Deng, a two-month-old female pygmy hippo, follows her mother Jona at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand.

Baby hippo attracts huge crowds to zoo in Thailand

Moo Deng, a baby pygmy hippo, is drawing large crowds at a zoo in Thailand and has become a huge sensation online.

A competitor gallops around the course at Germany first hobby horsing championship in Frankfurt/Main.

Germany hosts its first hobby horsing championship

In Frankfurt, hundreds of young riders are taking part in Germany's first hobby horsing championship.

Kazakhstan: Spectacular World Nomad Games close in Astana

Kazakhstan has hosted this year's World Nomad Games, for sports in the tradition of Central Asian nomadic peoples.

Indonesian tattoo artist Areu Pendul and his colleague tattoo a customer's leg.

Hand-tapping: Traditional Indonesian tattoos

Using only a wooden stick and a needle, this tattoo artist taps designs into the skin.

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